Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina

Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina, Serene Princess of Italy, Countess Suvorov-Rymniksky (1785 – December 15 (3), 1855), was a Russian noblewoman, maid of honor and member of an ancient Naryshkin family.

[1][2][3] She was a daughter of chancellor A L Naryshkin, granddaughter of admiral Alexei Senyavin, sister of Lev Alexandrovitch Narychkine and K A Narychkine, daughter-in-law of Alexander Suvorov (via her first marriage, to his son Arkadi Suvorov) and cousin of Count Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov.

[4] On July 13, 1800, she married Arkadi Suvorov-Rymniksky.

[5] The famous portrait of her, painted by Vladimir Borovikovsky, was completed in 1799 when she was 14 years old.

[3] This biography of a Russian noble is a stub.

Portrait by Vladimir Borovikovsky , 1799