Zubov

Zubov (Russian: Зу́бов) was a Russian noble family which rose to the highest offices of state in the 1790s, when Platon Zubov became the last favourite of Catherine II of Russia.

The Zubovs were first noticed in the service of Muscovite dukes in the 15th century. Nikolay Vasilievich Zubov (1699–1786) served in the Collegium of Economics, and his son Alexander Zubov (1727–1795) was reputed to have enriched himself serving as Vice-Governor of Vladimir. He had one daughter and four sons and in 1793 together with his sons, he received the title of Count.

The lines of Count Nicholas and his brother Dmitry continue up to the present. Nicholas's great grandson Valentin (1884–1969) was a leading authority on the period of the reign of Emperor Paul I and authored several books on the subject. He was director of the Gatchina Palace museum and founded the Art History Institute in St. Petersburg before emigrating to Paris in 1925. Dmitry's only son, Nicholas, merged with the local Lithuanian nobility and supported the Lithuanian National Revival characterized by cultural and educational activities. So did his descendants.

The Zubovs had two family vaults, one in Moscow, in the Donskoy Monastery, built in 1796-98, and another in Strelna near St. Petersburg, in the Maritime Monastery of St. Sergius, completed in 1809.

Valentin Platonowitsch Zubov was first married to Sophia Ignatiejewna Yppa. His only daughter Comtesse Anastasia Valentinowna Zubov (*28.2.1908) was first married to Dr. Alfred Scheel. Their daughter Natalia Scheel (*30.3.1930) got married to Dr. Volker Hochstein-Mintzel. Their only daughter Nina Hochstein-Mintzel (*10.5.1954) got married to Hans Weber. She has two sons: Michael Weber (22.4.1982) and Andreas Weber (26.2.1984) Comtesse Anastasia married a second time: Dr. Arndt Becker. There daughter Tatiana Becker (30.3.1941) has one son Sébastien Loeffler.

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