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The House of Volkonsky, also spelled Volkonski or Wolkonsky and later times Wlodkowski is an ancient Russian princely family, part of the Russian nobility.

History

The family claims descent from the Rurik dynasty, in particular from the Princes of Chernigov.^[1] It was named after the Volkona river, south of Moscow.^[2] Members of the family held the title of Prince in the Russian Empire.^[3]^[4]

Notable members

Alexander Volkonsky (1866–1934), Russian diplomat
Alexey Volkonsky (born 1978), Russian canoer
Andrei Volkonsky (1933–2008), Russian composer
Maria Mikhailovich Volkonskaya (1863–1943), Russian aristocrat
Maria Volkonsky (1805–1863), Russian aristocrat
Nikita Volkonsky (1781–1844), Russian general
Peeter Volkonski (born 1954), Estonian musician
Peter Volkonsky (1861–1948), Russian aristocrat
Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky (1776–1852), Russian general
Serge Wolkonsky (1860–1937), Russian theatre director
Sergei Volkonsky (1788–1865), Russian general
Zinaida Volkonskaya (1792–1862), Russian writer
Alexander Volkonsky (1985-Present), Russian musician/painter
Oleg Volkonsky (1948-2023), Russian Painter/writer

References

^ http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/titles/russprince.html
^ Ziegler, Dominic. Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River at the Borderlands of Empires. New York: Penguin Press. 2015. p. 139.
^ "Princes of the Russian Empire".
^ https://russiannobility.org/princes-of-the-russian-empire/

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[1] ttp://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/titles/russprince.html

[2] Ziegler, Dominic. Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River at the Borderlands of Empires. New York: Penguin Press. 2015. p. 139.

[3] "Princes of the Russian Empire".

[4] ttps://russiannobility.org/princes-of-the-russian-empire/

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