Александра Ильинична (Tchaikovsky) Давыдова (1841 - 1891)

Born 28 Dec 1841 in Воткинск, Вятская губерния, Российская империя

Died 28 Mar 1891 at age 49 in Кам'янка, Киевская губерния, Российская империя

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Biography

Alexandra Ilinichna Tchaikovskaia (Апександра Ильинична Чайковская), the younger sister of the famous composer Peter I. Tchaikovsky, was born 28 December 1841at Votinsk.

Alexandra was the fourth child of Ilya Tchaikovsky (1795–1880) and his wife Aleksandra d'Assier (1812–1854).

On 6/18 November 1860 Alexandra married Lev Davydoff (1837–1896), and they had seven children:

1. Tatyana Lvovna Davydoff (1861–1887);
2. Vera Lvovna Davydoff (1863–1888);
3. Anna Lvovna Davydoff (1864–1942), who married Nicholas von Meck;
4. Natalya Lvovna Davydoff (1868–1956);
5. Dmitry Lvovich "Mitya" (1870–1929), who married Natalya Mikhailovna Gudim-Levkovich;
6. Vladimir Lvovich "Bob" Davydoff (1871–1906); and
7. Yuri Lvovich Davydoff (1876–1965), who married Marguerite Nikolaevna Lopukhin (1866 - 1931).

Alexandra Ilinichna Tchaikovskaya Davydova passed away on 28 March 1891.

Sources

• Aleksandra Davydova - Tchaikovsky Research.net
• Davydoff, Mariamna and Olga Davydoff Dax. Memoirs of a Russian Lady: Drawings and Tales of Life Before the Revolution (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986). See Davydoff Family Tree, pp. 158 - 159.