GENEALOGICAL INTERSECTIONS OF M. S. VORONTSOV’S DESCENDANT IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PRACTICE OF INHERITANCE

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GENEALOGICAL INTERSECTIONS OF M. S. VORONTSOV’S DESCENDANT IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PRACTICE OF INHERITANCE

Journal Title: Записки історичного факультету - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 27

Abstract

Genealogical intersections of Prince Vorontsov descendants, who family was suppressed in direct male descendants in 1882, is examined in this article. This fact resulted in family insignia, first of all surname and title, was inherited by female descent into Dashkov family, and later on into the Vorontsov-Dashkovs. This practice was started at the end of XVIII century and was used to genealogically save noble families, that played significant role in history of monarchical Russia. Children of Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (1782-1856) – son Semyon and daughter Sofia – could be considered as descendants in the truest sense of the word. A different situation arises with the legacy of a generic title, surname and coat of arms – only son and his descendants in the male line could be lineally descended, daughters after marriage – as is a general rule – take surname and social status of husband, as well as children from this marriage. However, as early as Peter the Great times, in case there were no sons it was allowed to inherit by other lines. By 1882, when the Vorontsov family was suppressed in the lineal male descent, considerable experience in genealogical preservation of notable noble families has been accumulated. As a rule, ancient family existence had been continuing through the female line. This option was implemented in the case of Vorontsov. In 1844 Sofia Mikhailovna Vorontsova married Count Andrei Pavlovich Shuvalov, which led to the genealogical intersection of the Vorontsov princely family with the Shuvalov count family. Their sons, Pavel and Mikhail Andreyevich Shuvalov (grandchildren of Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov on his daughter side), with the permission of the Emperor Alexander III took up the genealogical baton of the Vorontsov family, became officially known as “Prince Vorontsov Count Shuvalov.” In the nineteenth century the interception of the Shuvalov-Dashkov family and the Vorontsov family took place. From 1807 on Ivan Illarionovich Vorontsov as the first person has been officially known as Count Vorontsov-Dashkov. His son, Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov, in 1867 had married with Yelizaveta Andreyevna Shuvalova, granddaughter of Mikhail Vorontsov, who after a marriage returned surname of ancestors on her mother’s side, becoming Countess Vorontsova-Dashkova. Thus in genealogical terms the Vorontsov family was continued on the female line through the grandchildren and great grandchildren, and three noble families united in the descents of Mikhail Vorontsov.

Authors and Affiliations

S. Milevich

Keywords

genealogical intersections; M. S. Vorontsov’s descendants; the Vorontsov-Shuvalovs; the Vorontsov-Dashkovs; book of genealogy; noble families and titles; inheritance

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