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Praskovya Bruce
Portrait, c. 1756
Born1729
Died1785 (aged 55–56)
Spouse(s)Count James Bruce
OccupationLady-in-waiting

Countess Praskovya Aleksandrovna Bruce (Russian: Прасковья Александровна Брюс; née Rumyantseva; 1729–1785) was a Russian lady-in-waiting and noblewoman who was a confidante of Catherine the Great.

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Praskovya Bruce

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Countess Praskovya Aleksandrovna Bruce (Russian: Прасковья Александровна Брюс; née Rumyantseva; 1729–1785) was a Russian lady-in-waiting and noblewoman...

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Praskovya

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refer to Tsarevna Praskovya Ivanovna of Russia (1694–1731) Praskovya Bruce (1729–1785), Russian lady-in-waiting and noble Praskovya Ivanovskaya (1852–1935)...

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Legends of Catherine the Great

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Countess Praskovya Bruce was prized by her as "L'éprouveuse", or "tester of male capacity." Every potential lover was to spend a night with Bruce before...

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Anna Protasova

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their biological mother.[citation needed] Protasova replaced Countess Praskovya Bruce as Catherine's confidante and first maid-of-honour in 1779 and became...

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Pyotr Rumyantsev

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after the ruling Emperor who was his godfather. He was the brother of Praskovya Bruce, confidant of Catherine the Great. Pyotr Alexandrovich first saw military...

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Vincent Rumpff

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previously owned by the Russian Countess Catherine de Bruce (daughter of Count James Bruce and Praskovya Bruce), for $50,000. In the 1980s, the villa was host...

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1729 in Russia

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Events from the year 1729 in Russia Monarch – Peter II Praskovya Bruce - Russian lady-in-waiting and noble, confidant of Catherine the Great (d. 1785)...

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1785 in Russia

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Benckendorff - diplomat and general Hans Karl von Diebitsch - general Praskovya Bruce - lady-in-waiting and confidant of Catherine the Great Ivan Firsov...

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Alexey Grigoryevich Dolgorukov

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Fyodorovich (1657 – 1723), was house stolnik of Peter I. His mother, Praskovya Yuryevna Khilkova, was the daughter of Yuri Yakovlevich Khilkov (1682...

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Pavel Potemkin

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Friendship, Russian: Торжество дружбы (1773). In 1785, Potemkin married Praskovya Andreevna Zakrevskaya (02.09.1765 – 1816), maid of honor of the court...

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Fyodor Glebov

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Fyodor Glebov was born to General-in-Chief Ivan Glebov [ru] and his wife Praskovya Ivanovna. He was the second of the four Glebov brothers. On January 1...

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List of State Ladies of Imperial Russia

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on the right side 3 15 August 1773 Countess Praskovya Alexandrovna Bruce 1729–1786 Married Count James Bruce in 1751 4 15 August 1773 Princess Daria Alekseevna...

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Nikolay Lvov

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1790s. Maria died in 1807; their three daughters (Elizaveta, Vera and Praskovya, 14 to 18 years of age in 1807) were raised by Gavrila and Darya Derzhavin...

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