Lvov dvoryan families explained

Lvov dvoryan families should not be confused with Lvov princely family.

There were several dvoryan (Russian nobility) families named Lvov (ru|Львов) in the Russian Empire.[1]

One of them is traced from a Mark Demidovich of Lithuanian descent (14th century) and is enlisted into the pedigree book of Tver Guberniya.[1]

Another one traces from the 16th century and enlisted into the pedigree books of Moscow and Oryol guberniyas.[1]

Still another one descends from a Kondratiy Afanasiyevich Lvov granted an estate in Galich uyezd, Kostroma Guberniya in 1671. The family is enlisted into the pedigree book of Kostroma Guberniya.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rulex.ru/01120484.htm Lvov dvoryan family