Pyotr Lopukhin
Russian politician (1753–1827)
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Prince Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin (1753, Saint Petersburg – 1827) was a Russian politician and member of the Lopukhin family. He was president of the Council of Ministers from 1816 to 1827.
AlmamaterImperial Moscow University (1761)
BranchImperial Russian Army
Pyotr Lopukhin | |
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.jpg) Portrait of Lopukhin by Stepan Shchukin | |
| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University (1761) |
| Military career | |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army |
Marriage and issue
He married twice:
- Praskovia Ivanovna, née Levshina (1760—1785). Children:
- Princess Anna Petrovna Lopukhina (1777—1805), a royal mistress to Emperor Paul of Russia
- Vasily Petrovich (1780—?)
- Yekaterina Petrovna Lopukhina (Demidova) (11 April 1783 — 21 July 1830), wife of Grigory Alexandrovich Demidov
- Praskovya Petrovna Lopukhina (Kutaisova) (1784—1870), a lady-in-waiting, wife of Pavel Kutaisov
- Ekaterina, née Shetneva (1763–1839). Children:
- Alexandra Petrovna Lopukhina (1788—1852)
- Pavel Petrovich Lopukhin (1790—1873), a lieutenant general, a member of the Napoleonic Wars, Freemason
- Elizaveta Petrovna (179?—1805), died young
- Sofya Petrovna Lopukhina (Lobanova-Rostovskay) (1798—1825), wife of Aleksey Yakovlevich Lobanov-Rostovsky, died in childbirth
Life
Educated at home, he was recorded as Life Guards of the Preobrazhensky ('Transfiguration') Regiment and entered service in 1769.