{{Short description|Russian courtier (1786–1849)}} {{expand Russian|topic=bio|Нессельроде, Мария Дмитриевна|date=July 2016}} [[File:Nesselrode by Isabey.jpg|thumb|Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1814]]
Countess '''Maria von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven''', also known as '''Maria Dmitriyevna Nesselrode''' ({{langx|ru|Мария Дмитриевна Нессельроде}}; {{nee|'''Guryeva'''}}; 1786–1849), was a Russian noblewoman and lady-in-waiting.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Soroka |first1=Marina |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p7-1CwAAQBAJ&dq=Karl+Vasilyevich+Nesselrode+wife&pg=PA316 |title=Becoming a Romanov. Grand Duchess Elena of Russia and her World (1807–1873) |last2=Ruud |first2=Charles A. |date=2016-03-09 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-17587-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Bakhmetyeva |first=Tatyana V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R__-DwAAQBAJ&dq=Countess+Maria+Nesselrode&pg=PA156 |title=Mother of the Church: Sofia Svechina, the Salon, and the Politics of Catholicism in Nineteenth-Century Russia and France |date=2017-01-03 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-1-5017-5729-7 |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life== Maria was born as the eldest daughter of Count Dmitry Guryev (1758–1825), who served as an imperial chamberlain and the minister of finance, and his wife, Countess Praskovya Nikolayevna Saltykova (1764–1830).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gw.geneanet.org/cvpolier?lang=en&iz=0&p=maria&n=gurjewa | title=Family tree of Maria Gurjewa }}</ref>
==Court life== She served as a lady-in-waiting to Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna of Russia. She was married to a German nobleman in the service of Catherine the Great, Count Karl von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven, who was the Russian minister of foreign affairs for many years and hence politically powerful.<ref name=":0" /> She was a leading socialite in Saint Petersburg society and court life, hosted an influential salon,<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Akhmatova |first=Anna Andreevna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Dwtb-QUBXMC&dq=Countess+Maria+Nesselrode&pg=PA400 |title=My Half Century: Selected Prose |date=1997 |publisher=Northwestern University Press |isbn=978-0-8101-1485-2 |language=en}}</ref> had high positions within philanthropy, and was described as politically active through her spouse. She was also noted for her enmity towards Pushkin.<ref name=":1" />
== References == {{reflist}}
==Sources== * Таньшина Н. Русский кисель на немецкой закваске. Неофициальный портрет Карла Нессельроде // Родина : журнал. — Москва, 2009. — № 5. — С. 75-79.
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