Alexander Potemkin

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Name Alexander Potemkin Children Grigory Potemkin		Died 1746

Alexander Potyomkin (1675–1746) was a Russian nobleman. He was the father of Grigory Potyomkin.

Family

About 1708, he married an unknown woman, whom he divorced in 1724.

In 1723, he married Daria Skuratowa. They had six children:

Marfa Yelena (1724–1775) – married Wasilij von Engelhardt and had six daughters, the famous Potemkin Nieces,

Marya – married Nikolaj Samojlow,

Pielagieja – married Peter Wysocki,

Daria – married Alexander Lichaczow,

Nadziezda (1738–1757) – unmarried,

Grigory Alexandrovich Potyomkin (1739–1791).

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