Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov

Grigori Grigoryevich Orlov (Russian Григорий Григорьевич Орлов, scientific transliteration Grigory Orlov Grigor'evič; * October 17, 1734, † April 24, 1783 in Moscow) was lover of Catherine II and officer of the Russian army.

Life

Grigori Orlov was a member of the Russian noble family Orlov. He was born the son of Grigori Ivanovich Orlov, the Governor of Novgorod Veliky. He was adjutant of the artillery chiefs Count Pyotr Ivanovich Shuvalov. During the Seven Years War, he was wounded at the battle of wrath village. He was then sent as an escort officer of the captive Count of Schwerin to St. Petersburg, where his physical attributes attracted the attention of the Empress Catherine II on itself, which elevated him to her lover. For Catherine, he prepared together with his brothers the overthrow of Peter III. on July 9, 1762 before. Although Grigori was not, as hoped, husband of the Empress, but richly rewarded and appointed General Feldzeugmeister.

To maintain good Prussian- Russian relations to him by the Prussian King Friedrich awarded the 1771 Black Eagle ( Source. Leopold von Zedlitz - Neukirch: New Prussian nobility Encyclopedia, Volume 2, page 94).

Grigori was the originator of the idea of falling in the back by equipping an expedition in the Mediterranean (1769 and 1770 ) of Turkey. Already collected in 1762 along with his brothers in the earldom, he was also appointed in 1772 by Joseph II to the German princes. As a Russian envoy to the peace congress of Focsani 1772, he gained little advantage for Russia due to its overbearing appearance against the Turks. On the news that Catherine Potemkin had turned their favor, he hurried quickly to Petersburg; but before he arrived there yet, he was ordered to go to his castle Gatchina. But the empress gave him significant new donations to farmers and cash money and showed him soon afterwards the Marble Palace in St. Petersburg.

Grigori Orlov went to live partly on trips, partly in Moscow and later married his niece. He died on 24 April 1783 in Moscow to mental derangement. From its junction with Catherine II the family of the Counts Bobrinski and a daughter Natalia, who married the Baltic Count Friedrich von Buxhoeveden sprang.

• Noble
• Military person (Russian Empire )
• Person in the Seven Years War (Russian Empire )
• Catherine II (Russia)
• Carrier of the Black Eagle
• Russian
• Born in 1734
• Died in 1783
• Man