Varvara Michajlovna Arsen'eva

Varvara Michajlovna Arsen'eva (Russian: Варва́ра Миха́йловна Арсе́ньева; 1676-1730), was a Russian courtier and mistress of Peter the Great.

She was the daughter of the governor Bulgakov Arsenyev and sister-in-law of Alexander Danilovich Menshikov. She was appointed lady in waiting to the Empress Catherine, and was for a time the lover of Peter the Great. In 1727, she was appointed Ober-Hofmeisterin. The same year, however, she was exiled to a convent after the fall of Menshikov.

References
  • Н. И. Павленко. Крушение. Ссылка // Александр Данилович Меншиков. — М: «Наука», 1981. — С. 160. — 140 000 экз.
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