Alexander Potemkin
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Alexander Potemkin (1675 - 1746) was a Russian nobleman. He was the father of Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin.
[edit] 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 four daughters, the famous Potemkin Nieces
- Mary - married Nikołaj Samojłow,
- Piełagieja - married Peter Wysocki,
- Daria - married Alexander Lichaczow,
- Nadzieżda (1738 - 1757) - unmarried,
- Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin (1739 - 1791).
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