Nikolai Lukash


Nikolai Yevgenyevich Lukash was an Imperial Russian military officer and politician who took part in, among others, the Napoleonic Wars and the fights against the November Uprising.

Parentage

Lukash was the illegitimate son of Alexander Pavlovich Romanov, the future tsar Alexander I of Russia and one of his lovers, Sophia Sergeievna Vsevolozhskaya, daughter of Sergei Alekseyevich Vsevolozhsky and wife Yekaterina Andreyevna Zinovyeva, who married ca. 1798 Prince Ivan Sergeyevich Meshchersky, by whom she had issue.

Biography

Already in 1807 he joined the military in the rank of sergeant, and he took part in fights against Napoleon's invasion of Russia. In 1817 Lukash was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. As the commanding officer of the Lutsk Grenadier Regiment he took part in the battle of Warsaw. Lieutenant-General of the Russian Army, in 1837 he was made the chief of staff of the 6th Infantry Corps.
In 1853 he quit military service and was made the governor of Tiflis Governorate. In 1859 he became a member of Senate and continued in service of the Russian state in various parts of the empire, notably on Caucasus. He died 20 January 1868 in Moscow and was buried at the Simonov Monastery.

Marriages and issue

He married firstly Princess Alexandra Lukanichna Guidianova, daughter of Prince Luka Stepanovich Guidianov and wife Maria Ilyinichna Isakova, and had four children:
He married secondly Princess Alexandra Mikhailovna Schakhovskaya, daughter of Prince Mikhail Aleksandrovich Shakhovskoy and wife Countess Yelisavyeta Sergeyevna Golovina, and had one son: