Pavel Andreyevich Shuvalov
Count Pavel Andreyevich Shuvalov was an Imperial Russian statesman and the brother of Count Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov.Biography
Pavel Andreyevich came from the Shuvalov family which has been prominent in the Russian culture and politics since the mid-18th century. His father, Count Andrey Petrovich Shuvalov, was a prominent figure at the courts of Nicholas I of Russia and Alexander II of Russia. His mother was Thekla Ignatyevna Walentinowicz, Prince Zubov's widow and heiress. Count Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov was his brother. Rundāle Palace was notable family estate.
After completing his studies in the Page Corps, Paul served with distinction in the Crimean War. His military career was fairly successful and peaked with the high rank of full General. During the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878 he was in charge of the staff of the imperial guards and of the Petersburg Military District. From 1885 to 1894, he was the Ambassador at Berlin, bringing an end to a toll war between Russia and the German Empire in 1894, as well as concluding the Reinsurance Treaty with Otto von Bismarck. For the following two years he served as Governor-general of Warsaw. Shuvalov retired from office in 1896 and spent the rest of his life in Yalta.Marriages and issue
He married firstly at Saint Petersburg on 25 July 1855 Princess Olga Esperovna Beloselskaya-Belozerskaya, daughter of Prince Esper Alexandrovich Beloselsky-Belozersky and wife Yelena Pavlovna Bibikova, and had issue.
He married secondly at Rundāle Palace on 7 January 1877 Maria Alexandrovna Komarova-Lukash, daughter of Professor Alexander Sergeievich Komarov and wife Maria Nikolaievna Lukash, daughter of Nikolai Yevgenyevich Lukash and wife Princess Alexandra Lukanichna Guidianova, and had issue.
