Dorothea de Ficquelmont
Dorothea de Ficquelmont | |
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| Countess de Ficquelmont | |
Portrait of the countess de Ficquelmont by Pyotr Sokolov | |
| Born | Countess Dorothea von Tiesenhausen 14 October 1804 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 10 April 1863 Venice, Austrian Empire |
| Buried | Dubí |
| Noble family | Tiesenhausen |
| Spouse(s) | Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont |
| Father | Ferdinand von Tiesenhausen |
| Mother | Princess Elisabeth Koutouzova |
Dorothea "Dolly" de Ficquelmont (Russian: Да́рья Фёдоровна Фикельмо́н; Daria Fyodorovna Fikelmon; 14 October 1804, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – 10 April 1863, Venice, Austrian Empire), born Countess Dorothea von Tiesenhausen, was a Russian writer and salonist. A granddaughter of the Russian war hero General Prince Kutuzov (who distinguished himself in the Napoleonic Wars), she was a Russian aristocrat of German Baltic origin, and later a member of the Austrian nobility as the wife of Count Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont.