Zubov

The House of Zubov (Russian: Зу́бов) was the Russian noble family, that rose to occupy some of the highest offices of state in the 1790s, when Platon Zubov became the last favorite of Empress Catherine the Great (r. 1762–1796).

Members of the family were granted the title Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1796 by Francis I.

Nikolay Vasilievich Zubov (1699–1786) served in the Collegium of Economics, and his son Alexander Zubov [lt] (1727–1795) reputedly enriched himself serving as Vice-Governor of Vladimir.

His children were: The lines of Count Nicholas and of his brother Dmitry continue up to the present.

He was director of the Gatchina Palace museum and founded the Art History Institute in Saint Petersburg before emigrating to Paris in 1925.