page_title: Yekaterina Petrovna Rostopchina
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Yekaterina Petrovna Rostopchina / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Александра Петровна (р. 1774 г., ум. 1842 г.), в замужестве за князем Алексеем Андревичем Голицыным Екатерина Петровна (р. 1775 г., ум. 1826 г.), в замужестве за графом Фёдором Ростопчиным, и Ростопчин при жизни Екатерины весьма пользовался покровительством тетушки. Варвара Петровна, умершая в девицах Вера Петровна (ум. 1814 г.), в замужестве, за Иларионом Васильевичем Васильчиковым, впоследствии князем Анна Петровна, бывшую потом за гр. Варфоломеем Васильевичем Толстым
context_page_description: Countess Yekaterina Petrovna Rostopchina was a Russian aristocrat and writer. She was married to Fyodor Rostopchin, who served as governor of Moscow during the French Invasion of Russia.
context_section_description: Yekaterina was the second of five daughters born to Senator Lieutenant General Pyotr S. Protasov (d. 1794) and his wife Alexandra Ivanovna (d. 1782). She had four sisters:
  Alexandra Petrovna (1774–1842), married Prince Alexei Golitsyn
  Varvara Petrovna, died unmarried
  Vera Petrovna (1780–1814), married Hilarion Vasilyevich Vasilchikov
  Anna Petrovna, married Count Bartholomew Vasilyevich Tolstoy
  Yekaterina and her sisters were orphaned at an early age. They were raised by their aunt, Anna Stepanovna Protasova, who was a lady-in-waiting and a personal friend of Empress Catherine the Great. Protasova ensured that her nieces received an excellent education, most notably in foreign languages, including Latin, Greek but neglecting Russian. They were also not so well educated in Russian history and religion. At the time of Alexander I's coronation, each of the unmarried sisters received the title of countess at their aunt's request.
  Yekaterina was tall, attractive, and had an expressive face with lively black eyes. However, she was considered reserved and unsociable.
caption: Anna Protasova, along with her nieces
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