Elizaveta Vorontsova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Romanovna and the family name is Vorontsova.
A contemporary, the agronomist Andrei Bolotov, described Elizaveta Vorontsova as a "fat and uncouth" person with "a bloated mug".[1]
A portrait by Aleksey Antropov. The sitter is sometimes identified as Elizaveta Vorontsova.[2]

Countess Elizaveta Romanovna Vorontsova (Russian: Елизавета Романовна Воронцова; 13 August 1739 – 2 February 1792) was a Russian noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. She was a mistress of Emperor Peter III of Russia (reigned February to July 1762). During their affair, rumors suggested that Peter had intentions of divorcing his wife Catherine (the future empress) in order to marry Vorontsova.[3]

  1. ^ Bolotov, 1871: p. 196.
  2. ^ Sakharova 1974: pp. 92-94.
  3. ^ Klyuchevsky 1997:47.