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Hélene Kotchoubey

Hélene Kotchoubey

Russian noblewoman (1812–1888)

Hélene Pavlovna Kotchoubey (Russian: Елена Павловна Кочубей}, née Bibikova (Russian: Бибикова) (1812-1888) was a Russian noblewoman and court official.[1] She served as Ober-Hofmeisterin (Mistress of the Robes) or senior lady-in-waiting to empress Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) in 1881–1888.

Hélene Kotchoubey

Life

She was the daughter of Pavel Gavrilovitj Bibikov (1784–1812) and Elizaveta Andrejevna Bibikova, and was the stepdaughter of Alexander von Benckendorff. She married prince Ėsper Aleksandrovič Belosel'skij-Belozerskij, and secondly in 1847 to prince Vasilij Viktorovitj Kotjubej (1812-1850).

She served as lady-in-waiting before she succeeded Julia Kurakina as senior lady-in-waiting in 1881, and was succeeded by Anna Stroganoff.

References

  1. [1]
    Hall, Coryne, Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of Empress Marie Feodorovna, ISBN 978-0-8419-1421-6
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