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Also known as Gregory Orloff, Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov, Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov

Russian noble (1734-1783)

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Tenure
1761 – 1772
Full name
Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov
Other titles
Count
Known for
Overthrowing Peter III
Born
( 1734-10-17 ) October 17, 1734, Bezhetsky Uyezd , Tver Governorate , Russian Empire
Died
April 24, 1783 (1783-04-24) (aged 48), Moscow , Moscow Governorate , Russian Empire
Buried
Yuriev Monastery
Residence
List of residences: – Estates in Kazan and Moscow governorates , – Ropsha manor (since 1764), – Gatchina manor with villages (since 1765), – Lode Castle (since 1771)
Noble family
Orlov
Issue
Alexei Grigorievich Bobrinsky
Spouse
Ekaterina Nikolaevna Zinovieva
Parents
Grigory Ivanovich Orlov (father) Lukerya Ivanovna Zinovieva (mother)
Occupation
Statesman Military leader Patron
Awards
Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1762), Order of St. Andrew (1763), Order of St. Vladimir 1st class (1782)
Allegiance
Russian Empire
Branch service
• Imperial Army
Years of service
1749 – 1783
Rank
General-in-chief

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G.Оrlov by A.I.Chernuy (1770s, Hermitage).jpg
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Grigoriy Orlov
date of birth
1734-10-06
date of death
1783-04-13
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А. I. Chorny (Chernov). Portrait of Count G. G. Orlov.Hermitage Museum

Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (Russian: Григорий Григорьевич Орлов; 17 October 1734 – 24 April 1783) was a Russian general and patron of arts who was Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1772) and a favourite of Empress Catherine the Great. He was a leader of the 1762 coup which overthrew Catherine's husband Peter III and installed Catherine as reigning empress. For some years he was virtually co-ruler with her, but his repeated infidelities and the enmity of Catherine's other advisers led to his fall from power.

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