Elizabeth Divov

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File:Divova Buturlina byAnton Graff.jpg
Portrait by Anton Graff, 1794

Elizabeth Divov, also known as Elizaveta Petrovna Divova (Russian: Елизавета Петровна Дивова; née Buturlina; 1762–1813),[1] was a Russian courtier.[2][3][4] Her father was Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Boutourlin (Buturlin), and her mother was Maria Romanovna Vorontsova.[5][6] Princess Dashkova was Elizaveta's maternal aunt.[7]

She served as lady-in-waiting to empress Catherine the Great, and was married in 1784 to Adrian Divov.[2][5] In 1784 she was suspected to be behind a controversial political satire.[7]

In 1792, Divov visited Sweden with her husband, and became known for her involvement in political plots during her stay.[8] Her house in St. Petersburg, called Little Koblenz, was known as a haven for French émigrés.[9]

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  • Русские портреты XVIII—XIX столетий. Изд. Вел. Кн. Николая Михайловича. СПб. 1906. Т. II вып III. No. 62.