Dolgorukaia, Natalia Borisovna (1714–1771)
Dolgorukaia, Natalia Borisovna (1714–1771)
Russian memoirist. Name variations: Natal'ia Borisovna Dolgorúkaia, Dolgorukaia or Dolgorukaya. Born Natalia Borisovna Sheremeteva in 1714; died 1771; m. Ivan Dolgorukii (close friend of Peter II), 1730 (executed 1739); children: 2.
Married into the powerful but out-of-favor Dolgoruky family; after husband's execution, moved to Moscow with 2 sons; entered Frolov Convent in Kiev (1758); wrote Memoirs (1810) about childhood, controversial marriage, and exile in Siberia, the 1st woman's autobiography in Russia.
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