Princess Dorothea von Lieven and Metternich

Princess Dorothea von Lieven (1785 – 1857) was the lover of Klemens von Metternich and wife of Prince Khristofor Andreyevich Lieven, Russian ambassador to London from 1812 to 1834. Considered cold and snobbish by London Society Dorothea was not an instant success when she arrived fresh from the Russian court she was however to become […]

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