About Matryona Balk
Lived 1700 – 1800. Matryona Balk was a Russian lady-in-waiting.
Matryona Ivanovna Balk (; died 1725) was a courtier in Russia.
Biography Born into the Dutch Mons family, Modesta was the sister of Peter the Great's long-time mistress Anna Mons and Willem Mons, private secretary and alleged lover of Catherine I.
She was a lady-in-waiting and confidant of Catherine I of Russia, Ober-Hofmeisterin of Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia and sister of Anna Mons. She was accused in 1718 for having assisted the empress in her love affair with her brother, Willem Mons.
She was the mother of Natalia Lopukhina, famous for the Lopukhina affair.
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Who was Matryona Balk?
Russian courtier
When was Matryona Balk born?
Matryona Balk was born in 1700.
When did Matryona Balk die?
Matryona Balk died in 1800.
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Matryona Balk was a lady-in-waiting.
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Matryona Balk was Russian.
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