| 词条 | Marie von Flotow |
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Marie von Flotow was a Russian courtier, the influential favorite of the Russian empress Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark). Marie von Flotow belonged to a rich German aristocratic family by the name von Gerschau. She served for a period in the household of Louise of Hesse-Kassel, before she was employed in the household of Louise's daughter Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark), who married the future tsar Alexander III of Russia in 1866 and became empress in 1881. Marie von Flotow was formally the lady's maid of the empress, with the responsibility of her jewels and wardrobe and the payment of her bills.[1] In addition to her formal position, however, she was also the favorite and confidante of Marie Feodorovna, which gave her a great deal of influence at the imperial court and gave her a position of "paramount influence".[2] She kept this position also after Maria Feodorovna became a widow. The influence of Marie von Flotow during the reign of tsar Nicholas II is described by Aleksandr Mosolov Methuen: {{cquote|"Marie Feodorovna could not refuse anything to the members of her suite.. And Nicholas II agreed to everything that his mother asked. The consequence was that most of the appointments at Court were made through the channel of the Empress Dowager's Court. She had a Lady in Waiting, Mme Flotow. This lady was officially responsible for the care of her mistress's jewels and wardrobe; but she had succeeded in gaining a position of altogether extravagant influence. As soon as the name of Mme Flotow was to be found in the papers of an applicant it was a foregone conclusion that the Tsar would grant the request, even if at first he was for rejecting it. Somehow, I do not know how, Mme Flotow would know all about the Sovereign's decisions, at times well before the writer of these pages!"[3]}} References1. ^Hall, Coryne, Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of Empress Marie Feodorovna, {{ISBN|978-0-8419-1421-6}} 2. ^Hall, Coryne, Little Mother of Russia: A Biography of Empress Marie Feodorovna, {{ISBN|978-0-8419-1421-6}} 3. ^At the court of the last tsar: being the memoirs of A. A. Mossolov, head of the court chancellery, 1900–1916
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