Varvara Turkestanova, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Varvara Turkestanova

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1775

Date of Death: 20-May-1819

Profession: lady-in-waiting, favourite

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Princess Varvara Ilynichna Turkestanova (Russian: ??????? ????????? ????????????, 26 December 1775 – 20 May 1819) was a Russian noblewoman of Georgian origin, known for her affair with Tsar Alexander I of Russia and her correspondence with the French émigré Ferdinand Christin, which describes the Russian court life of the 1810s.
She committed suicide shortly after giving birth to a daughter, fathered by either Tsar Alexander or her other lover, Prince Vladimir Golitsyn.
Her surname is also transliterated in Western European languages as Tourkestanoff, Tourkestanov, or Tourkestanow.