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Swetchine, Sophie Jeanne (1782 - 1857)

Short name Swetchine, Sophie Jeanne
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/17359326
First name Sofia Petrovna
Birth name Soymonova
Married name Swetchine
Alternative name Sofia Petrovna Soymonova — Сóфья Петрóвна Свéчин — Sofia Petrovna Svetchina — Sofiya Petrovna Svechina
Date of birth 1782
Date of death 1857
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Sex Female
Place of birth Russia
Place of death France
Lived in Russia , France
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Religion / ideology Catholic, Eastern Orthodox
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Swetchine, Sophie Jeanne was ...
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Place(s) of Residence Russia , France
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François Kinson, portrait of Sophia Petrovna Svechina, 1816. 1816 is portrait of

Mentioned in:
- Golitsyn, Slovar', 1892

Cf. Corinne Fournier Kiss.

Lady-in-waiting to empress Maria Feodorovna.
1815 Conversion to Catholicism. Moved to Paris in 1816. Milieu of liberal catholicism (Montalembert, Falloux, Lacordaire, Cochin) chronic liver disease.

Born 22-11-1782 in Moscow. Died 26-08-1857 in Paris.