Ana Gruzinskaya Tolstaya
Princess Ana Gruzinskaya Tolstaya (Russian: Анна Грузинская-Толстая, 1798–1889) was a Russian aristocrat of Georgian royal origin.[1]
Ana Gruzinskaya Tolstaya | |
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Born | 31 January 1798 Moscow |
Died | 17 July 1889 Moscow |
Spouse | Alexander Tolstoy |
Dynasty | Bagrationi dynasty |
Father | Georgy Gruzinsky |
Mother | Varvara Bakhmetev |
Religion | Georgian Orthodox Church |
Princess Ana was born on 31 January 1798 in Moscow to Prince Georgy Gruzinsky and Varvara Nikolayevna Bakhmetev.
Princess Ana married Prince Alexander Petrovych Tolstoy (1801-1873) but had no children.
According to a lady-in-waiting of the Russian imperial house Alexandra Smirnova:
Princess Ana did not want to get married and wanted to live in a monastery. Her father let her go, and she went to the Belmazhskaya monastery, where she was not considered to set up for the monastic life. 35 years old princess then married Tolstoy, a holy man. He submitted himself to her eccentric character and lived with her as brother.[2]
She died in Moscow on 17 July 1889.
References
- Руммель В. В., Голубцов В. В. Родословный сборник русских дворянских фамилий. — С.-Петербург: Издание А. С. Суворина, 1887. — Т. 2. — С. 510. — 929 с.
- А. О. Смирнова-Россет. Дневник. Воспоминания. — М.: Наука, 1989. —С. 224.