Foreign Medals, Russia, Elizabeth I (1741-1762), Death of Princess Irena Grigoryevna Trubetskaya (1671-1749), copper medal, 1749, signed Roettiers Filius, bust l., wearing the badge of the Order of St. Catherine, rev. legend in 4 lines, 46.5mm. (Diakov 90.1, R3); Reichel 4448, R3), choice extremely fine
Princess Irena Grigoryevna Trubetskaya was the daughter of Grigorij Filimonovich Naryshkin and Matrena Stepanovna Naryshkin; she was married in 1691, aged 19, to Field Marshal Ivan Yourevitch Balchoi Troubetskoi, a member of Tsar Peter I's inner circle. One of their three daughters was Anastasiya Ivanovna Princess Cantemir [Anastasia Ivanovna von Hessen-Homburg].
(150-200 GBP)