Vera Vasilchikova

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Vera Vasilchikova (née Protasova, 1780 – October 2, 1814), was a maid of honor, the first wife of General Hilarion Vasilyevich Vasilchikova and dame of the Order of Saint Catherine (1814).

Biography

Vera Vasilchikova was one of the daughters of the senator and governor of the Kaluga Peter S. Protasov (1730–1791) and his wife, Alexandra Ivanovna, née Protassova (1750–1782). In early childhood, she lost her parents and her sisters, Alexandra, Catherine, Barbara, and Anne was under the auspices of her aunt Anna Stepanovna, which was the favorite and trusted-chamber maid of honor of Catherine II. She gave her nieces brilliant concepts for the then education, and the focus was drawn to foreign languages, including Latin and Greek at the expense of Russian, which they did not teach, as well as national history and religion. Barbara, Vera and Anna lived with her in the palace and were appointed maids of honor. September 15, 1801, Anna Stepanovna Protasov was "elevated to the dignity of Count of the Russian empire," but after two days' condescending to request a chamber-maid of honor of Countess Anna Protassova, complained to her of the Count's dignity we graciously extend to family and her niece, daughter of the late general- Lieutenant Peter Protasov, ladies: Barbara, Anna and Vera .... "

In 1801, Vera Petrovna was the first wife of General Hilarion Vasilchikov (1776–1847), son of Vasilii Alekseevich and Catherine Illarionovna, née Ovtsyn. Despite the fact that the marriage was not happy, the couple had two children:

  • Hilarion (1805–1862), Adjutant General, Kyiv, Volyn and Podolsk Governor General, a member of the Council of State.
  • Catherine (died 1842), the wife of the Kursk and Kharkov Governor Lieutenant-General I. D. Luzhin.

Together with her sister Alexandra Galitzine, Countess Catherine Rostopchina and Barbara Protassova adopted Catholicism.

August 30, 1814, for services to the spouse was granted the Order of St. Catherine of small cross. In the same year when he was terminally ill and her husband traveled abroad.

Vera Vasilchikova died October 2, 1814 and was buried in the limit of the Holy Spirit church churchyard in Strupino Novgorod district.

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