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Prince Constantine Esperovich Beloselsky-Belozersky ( 16 (28) June 1843 - May 26, 1920, Neuilly-sur-Seine) - Russian general, landowner and horse breeder.
Biography
He was born June 16, 1843 in the family of Prince Esper Alexandrovitch Beloselsky-Belozersky and Elena Pavlovna Bibikova (1812-1888). Received education at home. Entry into service December 9, 1861 in the Horse Guards Regiment.
Ranks: Lt. Col. Army (1882), Colonel (1884), Major-General (1894), Lieutenant-General (1906), Adjutant General (1906).
In 1866-1868 served as adjutant chief of police. In 1868 he retired, in 1877 returned to service. He served as ADC to the Chief of Staff of the Guards Corps (1877-1881).
He participated in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. In 1881, he for a short time was adjutant to Tsarevich, the future Emperor Alexander III.
In 1895 he went to the reserve in 1896 returned to service in the rank of major general with enrolling in a retinue of His Imperial Majesty. He was a member of the Board of the Main Directorate of horse breeding.
According to the newspaper "Vedomosti Exchange", in 1908, Prince converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism.
16 April 1917 retired from service due to illness.
After the Revolution, he emigrated to France.
He died in 1920 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Family
He was married to Nadezhda Dmitrievna Skobeleva (1847-1920), sister of Gen. Mikhail Skobelev. Their children are: Sergei Belosselsky-Belozersky (1867-1951), Elena (1869-1944), Esper Konstantinovich Belosselsky-Belozersky(1871-1921), Olga (1874-1923).
Awards
- Order of St. Stanislas 3rd degree. (1867)
- Order of St. Anne's 3rd degree. (1879)
- Order of St. Anne's 2nd degree. (1887)
- Order of St. Vladimir 3rd century. (1890)
- Order of St. Stanislaus of the 1st degree. (1899)
- Order of St. Anne 1st degree. (1903)
- Order of St. Vladimir of the 2nd degree. (1907)
- Order of White Eagle (1912)
- Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (12/06/1914)
- Legion of Honor