Nikolay Rumyantsev | |
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Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire | |
In office 1808–1814 | |
Chancellor of the Russian Empire | |
In office 1809–1826 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1754 |
Died | 1826 |
Parent(s) | Pyotr Rumyantsev, Yekaterina Rumyantseva |
Education | Leiden University |
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Count Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev (Russian: Никола́й Петро́вич Румя́нцев; 3 April 1754 – 3 January 1826), born in Saint Petersburg, was Russia's Foreign Minister and Chancellor of the Russian Empire in the run-up to Napoleon's invasion of Russia (1808–12). He was the son of Field Marshal Pyotr Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky from the Rumyantsev comital family.