Catherine Shuvalova

[2] Catherine Saltykova was the daughter of Field Marshal Earl Pyotr Saltykov and his wife, Princess Praskovia Yuriyevna Trubetskaya.

In 1762 Catherine married Count Andrei Petrovich Shuvalov[3] (1743–1789) and soon after the wedding, her husband made a Grand Tour, which included, among other things, a visit to Voltaire in Ferney.

"Cancelled amiable in a simple and a friendly community," according to Prince Dolgoruky, Shuvalov was holding an open house, "where science, art, poetry, theater and all captivating the imagination, abducted first place in the conversation, activities and amusements."

Shuvalova assimilated the Deism of her husband, a fervent devotee of Voltaire, and Countess' doctrines last enjoyed in life to justify their weakness, and in this spirit that brought their daughters.

On his accession to the throne of Emperor Paul eliminated her from the post of the lady-in-waiting, but on the day of the coronation in 1797 gave to her the Order of Saint Catherine the second degree and two years only made the tape.

In 1807, Catherine and her daughter Alexandra, supported by the House of Dietrichstein, converted themselves to Roman Catholicism from Russian Orthodoxy.