Nadežda Borisovna Czetwertyński-Światopełk
Russian lady-in-waiting
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| Intro | Russian lady-in-waiting | ||
| Places | Russia | ||
| was | Lady-in-waiting | ||
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| Birth | 20 October 1812 | ||
| Death | 23 February 1909Moscow, Russia (aged 96 years) | ||
| Star sign | Libra | ||
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Nadezhda Borisovna Trubetskaya (1812 – 1909), was a Russian noblewoman and courtier. She was noted for her philanthropy, and was one of the most known philanthropists in 19th-century Russia, contributing to 40 charity organizations in care for orphans, the homeless and the Red Cross, as well as the medical care during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), for which she became famous.