Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov
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Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov | |
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Prince Menshikov | |
![]() Prince Menshikov bi an anonymous artist. | |
Full name
Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov | |
Born | 16 November 1673 Moscow, Roushie |
Dee'd | 23 November 1729 (aged 56) Berezov, Roushie Empire |
Spoose(s) | Daria Mikhailovna Arsenieva |
Issue | |
Faither | Daniel Menshikov |
Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov (Roushie: Алекса́ндр Дани́лович Ме́ншиков, tr. Aleksándr Danílovič Ménšikov; 16 November [A.S. 6 November] 1673 – 23 November [A.S. 12 November] 1729) wis a Roushie statesman, whose official teetles included Generalissimus, Prince o the Roushie Empire and Duke o Izhora (Duke o Ingria), Prince o the Haly Roman Empire, Duke o Cosel. A highly appreciated associate an friend o Tsar Peter the Great, he was the de facto ruler o Roushie for twa years. He constructed the Menshikov Pailace, in saunt Petersburg. He also commisioned the Grand Menshikov Pailace on the Gulf o Finland near the Peterhof Pailace.
Mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
He mairit Darya Mikhailovna Arsenyeva.
Issue[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Princess Maria Alexandrovna Menshikova (26 December 1711 – 1729) engaged tae Grand Duke Peter an died o smallpox in exile.
- Princess Alexandra Alexandrovna Menshikova (17 December 1712 – 13 September 1736) mairit Gustav von Biron, brither o Ernst Johann von Biron, died in childbirth.
- Prince Alexander Alexandrovich Menshikov, Duke o Ingria (Mairch 1714 – 27 November 1764) engaged tae Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeyevna but eventually mairit Princess Yelizaveta Petrovna Golitsyna an haed issue.
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