Oleksandra Skoropadska

Oleksandra Skoropadska Олександра Скоропадська
Spouse of the Hetman of Ukraine
In role 1918
Preceded by	Maria-Ivanna Hrushevska (as First Lady of Ukraine)
Succeeded by	Rozalia Vynnychenko (as First Lady of Ukraine)
Personal details
Born	Oleksandra Petrivna Durnovo (1878-05-23)23 May 1878 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	29 December 1952(1952-12-29) (aged 74) Oberstdorf, Bavaria, West Germany
Spouse	Pavlo Skoropadskyi
Children	6
Alma mater	Sorbonne University
Occupation	Spouse of the Hetman of Ukraine

Oleksandra Petrivna Skoropadska (née Durnovo; Ukrainian: Олександра Петрівна Скоропадська; 23 May 1878 – 29 December 1952) was a spouse of Ukrainian political and military leader Pavlo Skoropadskyi, a member of the Skoropadsky family and Hetman of Ukraine (1918).

11 January 1898, she married Pavlo Skoropadskyi^[1] From 1923, she worked at the Ukrainian Red Cross Assistance, which was also called the Ukrainian Refugee Assistance and was headed by her. The main purpose of the organization was to assist the refugees who kept arriving in Germany.^[2]

Family

Royal Standard of the Wife of the Hetman of Ukraine

• father – Petro Pavlovych Durnovo (of a notable family of Russian statesmen and landowners)
• mother – Maria Vasylivna Kochubey (of Ukrainian Cossack Kochubey noble family).
• spouse – Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873–1945) was a Ukrainian^[3] aristocrat, military and state leader,^[4] Ukrainian Army general of Cossack heritage.

She had six children:

• Maria (1898–1959), who married Adam de Montrésor.
• Yelyzaveta (1899–1976),^[5] who married Mr. Kuzhym, a painter, sculptor, leader of the Hetman Movement (1959–?).
• Petro (1900–1956), who suffered from epilepsy.
• Danylo Skoropadsky (1906–1957).
• Pavlo (1915–1918), who died from disease.
• Olena Skoropadska-Ott (1919–2014),^[6] who married Gerd Ginder (died on 10 April 1945) on 31 August 1943, and married Ludwig Ott on 20 March 1948; her two children are:
  • Alexandra (born 30 January 1954), she married Martin König and had a son Dimitri (born 1989).^[7][8][9]
  • Irene (born 30 January 1954). She married cultural event manager Roger Cahn (1948–2018).

References

1. Kulyova, V. General's daughter. Khreshchatyk. 8 November 2002
2. Lilly, The Hetman's Daughter
3. Book by Omeljan Pritsak Lviv, 1938 (in Ukrainian) Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
4. "СКОРОПАДСКИЙ, ПАВЕЛ ПЕТРОВИЧ - Энциклопедия Кругосвет". www.krugosvet.ru.
5. "The Ukrainian Week". ukrainianweek.com.
6. "7 ДНІВ-УКРАЇНА » У Швейцарії померла донька останнього гетьмана України Павла Скоропадського". 7days-ua.com. 5 August 2014.
7. "Olena Ott-Skoropadsky: Memories of my childhood (21 Jan 2012)".
8. "2009 року Олена Отт-Скоропадська відзначить своє 90-річчя". 14 April 2009.
9. "Gedenkseite von Olena Ott-Skoropadsky - trauer.nzz.ch". trauer.nzz.ch.

Honorary titles
Preceded by Maria-Ivanna Hrushevska	First Lady of Ukraine 1918	Succeeded by Rozalia Vynnychenko