Alexander Lanskoy

Aleksander Dmitrijevitj Lanskoj, also kalled Sasjenka (1758-1784) was a Russian favourite and the lover of Catherine the Great from 1780 to 1784.

Lanskoj was made aide-de-champ of Potemkin in 1779, was introduced by Potemkin to Catherine in 1780, tested by Anna Protasova and became the official lover of Catherine. He was reportedly genuinely in love with Catherine, and their relationship was described as a happy one. He did not involve in politics, did not accept bribes or ask for favors or gifts and shared her cultural interests. In 1782, he and Potemkin collaborated to remove Orlov from court. He died of diphtheria, but rumors claimed his health had been weakened by aphrodisiacs.

References

Marie Tetzlaff : Katarina den Stora (Catherine the Great) (1997) (In Swedish)

Mistresses and minions of Russian Emperors and Empresses

1700–1762

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1762–1796

Grigory Orlov (1762–72) · Alexander Vasilchikov (1772–74) · Grigory Potemkin (1774–76) · Pyotr Zavadovsky (1776–77) · Semyon Zorich (1777–78) · Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov (1778–80) · Alexander Lanskoy (1780–84) · Alexander Yermolov (1784–85) · Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonov (1785–89) · Platon Zubov (1789–96)

1796–1917

Anna Lopukhina · Maria Naryshkina · Varvara Nelidova · Catherine Dolgorukova · Mathilde Kschessinska · Natalia Brasova

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Name	Lanskoy, Alexander
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Date of birth	1758
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Date of death	1784
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