Person Menshikov; Aleksandr Danilovich (1673 - 1729); Prince Menshikov Aleksandr Danilovich Alexander Danilovich Prince Aleksandr Menzicoff Menshikov 1673 - 1729 Russian Male Moscow 16 November 1673 [Old Style 6 November 1673] 1673 Beryozovo, Siberia, Russia 23 November 1729 [Old style 12 November 1729] 1729

Soldier Education: Rumoured to be illiterate Career: Private, and later lieutenant, in the 1st Regiment of Guards; discovered a plot to assassinate Peter and put his sister Princess Sophia on the throne; Governor of Schusselburg and afterwards of the Province of Ingria; accompanied Peter on his travels to Holland and England (1697-1699); fought in the Azoff campaign (1695-1696), and at the Battle of Poltava (1709); Field Marshal (1709); Regent of Russia in the absence of Czar, his conduct provoked many complaints of injustice and corruption, but he was acquitted; First Minister of the Russian Empire; Generalissimo of the Russian Cavalry; after the death of Peter, used all his efforts to put Catherine on the throne of Russia and had absolute power over the Empire; after her death, staged a coup d'etat but was overthrown, exiled to Siberia with his wife and children and forced to surrender his enormous wealth (1727); died of a slow fever Possibly the son of a servant of Peter the Great; his eldest daughter was betrothed to Czar Peter II before his attempted coup Fellow 29/07/1714 40 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; La Harpe - de 'Memoirs of Prince Menzicoff, favourite of Peter the Great' (London: for Matthew Iley, 1819) References: John H Appleby, 'James Spilman, FRS (1680-1763), and Anglo-Russian Commerce' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 17-29 J H Appleby, 'The founding of St Petersburg in the context of the Royal Society's relationship with Russia' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 273-284 Notes: Soviet Encyclopaedia (1st edn) gives birth date as 1670, 2nd edition gives 1673. The text in the Citation field from his diploma as a Fellow of the Society, dated 21 Oct 1714 (see archive reference) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 16 Nov 1673 - 23 Nov 1729 NA8076 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/300140 459851e0-2e78-4c2b-b50d-471c05d4b490