Sheremetev

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The House of Sheremetev (Russian: Шереме́тевы) was one of the wealthiest and most influential noble families in Russia descending from Feodor Koshka.

History

The family held many high commanding ranks in the Russian military, governorships and eventually the rank of Count of the Russian Empire.

Notable members

• Yelena Sheremeteva, third wife of Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich (1554–1581), son of Ivan the Terrible.
• Fedor Sheremetev (1570–1650) cousin of Tsar Michael I
  and head of government in 1613–18 and 1642–46
• Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev (1622–1682) fought in Ukraine
• Count Boris Sheremetev (1652–1719) military leader and diplomat during the Great Northern War
• Count Pyotr Borisovich Sheremetev
  (1713—1788) son of Boris; courtier and noted patron of Russian theater
• Princess Natalia Borisovna Dolgorukova, daughter of Boris and wife of Prince Ivan Dolgorukov
• Count Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev
  (1751–1809) son of Pyotr; noted patron of Russian theater
• serf woman
  belonging to the Sheremetev family, who became an actress in the Sheremetev Serf Theatre and later married Nikolai Sheremetev
• Count Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Sheremetev
  (1859–1931) grandson of Nikolai and son of Dmitri; conductor, composer and entrepreneur
• Count Pierre Sheremetev, noted patron of the Conservatoire Rachmaninoff in Paris
• Romuald Szeremietiew (born 1945), Polish politician and independence activist in the Confederation of Independent Poland.

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