The president of the European Demidoff Association was delighted to accept an invitation from Dr. Maria Harwood to present at the City University Club in London on Thursday, 25 June 2026. Dr. Harwood is a long-standing friend and co-founder and Chair of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Romanov Society, a UK registered charity.
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Alina Tukallo presented her fascinating and moving story of her Russian family roots at the ‘Lanterna di Genoa’ event in Genoa, Italy on 15 November, 2025. Mrs. Tukallo currently lives in Zurich, where she is a journalist. She has Finnish / Swedish ancestors, named Procopé, who are related to Aurora Stjernvall Demidova Karamzine, through her father’s brother.
La baronne Élisabeth Alexandrovna Stroganoff est une aristocrate russe née le 5 février 1779. A seize ans, elle épouse Nikolai (Nicolas) Demidoff (1773 - 1828). Ils auront quatre enfants: Alexandra (1796-1800), Pavel (1798-1840), Nikolaï (1799-1800) et Anatole, prince de San Donato (1813-1870).
The Demidoff Mausoleum in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris was originally constructed in April, 1818 for Elisabeth Alexandrovna, née Stroganova, de Demidoff (1779-1818). Baroness Demidoff died in her beloved Paris on 8 April 1818
"The Friends of Träskända Manor" hosted an inspired series of events in celebration of the "Name Day" of Aurore Demidova Karamzine on the evening of Tuesday, 10 March 2026, in Espoo, Finland. The event was entitled, "Träskända of Memories: Aurora", and organised by Terhi Mäkinen, the director of "The Friends of Träskända Manor".
On 22 August 1807, Jérôme Bonaparte (1784–1860) married
The Demidoff Service is one of the most magnificent French Services of the early 19th Century. The Service comprised 219 pieces that Count Nikolai Demidoff (1773-1828) purchased in 1817 and 1818 from Jean Baptiste Claude Odiot (1763-1850) of the famed dynasty of goldsmiths and silversmiths.
The library of the Villa di San Donato was estimated by Cesare da Prato in his 1887 book, Firenze ai Demidoff, Pratolino e San Donato, to contain around 40,000 items. Unfortunately, no records have come to light that document how the contents of the library were assembled and subsequently disbursed. The largest disbursement took place in 1880
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