Ekaterina Orlova (courtier)


Ekaterina Nikolaevna Orlova
A portrait of Ekaterina Orlova, painted by Fyodor Rokotov
BornEkaterina Nikolaevna Zinovieva
30 December 1758
Died27 June 1781 (aged 22)
Lausanne
BuriedAnnunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Noble familyZinoviev
Spouse(s)Grigory Orlov
FatherNikolai Ivanovich Zinoviev
MotherEvdokia Naumovna Senyavina

Princess Ekaterina Nikolaevna Orlova (born Zinovieva; 30 December 1758 – 27 June 1781[a]), was a Russian Empire courtier. She served as a lady in waiting to Empress Catherine the Great from 1773–1777, and in 1777 married her cousin Grigory Orlov, a favourite of Catherine II.
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