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Hélene Kotchoubey

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Hélene Kotchoubey

Hélene Pavlovna Kotchoubey (Russian: Елена Павловна Кочубей}, née Bibikova (Russian: Бибикова) (1812-1888) was a Russian noblewoman and court official.[1] She served as Ober-Hofmeisterin (Mistress of the Robes) or senior lady-in-waiting to empress Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) in 1881–1888.

Life

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She was the daughter of Pavel Gavrilovitj Bibikov (1784–1812) and Elizaveta Andrejevna Bibikova, and was the stepdaughter of Alexander von Benckendorff. She married prince Ėsper Aleksandrovič Belosel'skij-Belozerskij, and secondly in 1847 to prince Vasilij Viktorovitj Kotjubej (1812-1850).

She served as lady-in-waiting before she succeeded Julia Kurakina as senior lady-in-waiting in 1881, and was succeeded by Anna Stroganoff.

References

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  1. ^ Hall, Coryne, Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of Empress Marie Feodorovna, ISBN 978-0-8419-1421-6
Court offices
Preceded by Ober-Hofmeisterin to the Empress of Russia
1881–1888
Succeeded by