Gamontov (Russian nobility)

The Gamoltov family (Russian: Гамолтовы) is the name of Russian noble family of Scottish origin, descend from Petr Gamoltov-Hamilton,[1] an officer in Russian service since 1610. He had several granddaughters. The first, Eudoxia, was an aunt of Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina the Tsaritsa of Russia from 1671 to 1676 as the second spouse of Tsar Alexei I of Russia, and regent of Russia as the mother of Tsar Peter the Great in 1682. The second was a wife of Artamon Matveyev.

Gamontov
Parent houseClan Hamilton
CountryRussian Empire
Mary Hamilton Before Execution, St. Petersburg by Pavel Svedomskiy, 1904

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  1. ^ Due to testimony of praporshchik Mall, Petr Gamoltov don't leave Russian service together with Jacob De la Gardie after Battle of Klushino РГАДА. Ф. 210. Столбцы Московского стола
  • Peter the Great Emperor of Russia, 2 vols., vol. I, A Study of Historical Biography, Eugene Schuyler, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884, pp. 43-44.