Ekaterina Chernysheva

David Lüders Chernyshev1

Ekaterina Chernysheva (1715-1779), was a Russian courtier.

She was the daughter of Andrej Ushakov and married the diplomat count Peter Chernyshev, Russian ambassador to Denmark, Prussia, England and France, and mother of Darya Petrovna Saltykova and Princesse Moustache.

From 1730 until her marriage in 1738, she served as maid of honour to Anna of Russia. She was a favorite and confidante of Anna Leopoldovna, which resulted in a demand from the powerful favorite Ernst Johann von Biron that she persuade Anna to refused a marriage to Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick in favor of Peter von Biron, a task she unsuccessfully tried to achieve.

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