Sergei Gagarin was in charge of the imperial theaters, founded the Alexandria theater. He was a faithful family man, together with his wife gave birth to eight children.
Gagarin Sergei Sergeevich was a prince, in charge of the imperial theaters.
Biography
Sergei Sergeevich Gagarin was born into an eminent family in 1795. His father was Prince Sergei Sergeevich. And mother Varvara Nikolaevna Golitsyna was known as a famous beauty.
Personal life
When the time came, Sergei Gagarin got married. He became the husband of the Polish princess Isabella Walewska. The girl was 5 years younger than her chosen one.
As a contemporary of the couple wrote, Smirnova Alexandra Osipovna, Sergei Sergeevich Gagarin was stingy and gave his wife little money for outfits. But Countess Isabella Walewska was rich enough that she did not particularly need her husband's money.
Isabella Gagarina was exquisite and beautiful, but she rarely showed herself to the world. As the writer Pyotr Andreevich Vyazemsky later testified, with age, Isabella began to believe in miracles and mysticism.
The Gagarins couple gave birth to 6 daughters and two sons. Isabella Valevskaya gave so many children to the chosen one. Subsequently, the wife outlived her husband by 34 years, died at the age of 86.
Career
Sergei Sergeevich was a selfless theater-goer. He worked hard, developed this art form. Sergei Sergeevich opened the Alexandrinsky Theater in 1931 and was able to transform the Theater School.
To avoid misinterpretations, faithful husband Gagarin always received actresses in his office while standing, did not invite them to sit down. After all, his predecessors were seen in relations defaming their honor, but Gagarin S. S. was a faithful spouse and respected his wife.
As contemporaries said, he was distinguished by nobility, special virtue, was affable and cordial.
But, like many creative people, Sergei Sergeevich was sometimes "inaccessible and quick-tempered." Because of this, he prematurely retired, as the minister refused to increase the amount for the maintenance of the theater. Then Gagarin flared up and resigned.
The famous theater-goer died in September 1852. His ashes rest on the territory of a male monastery in the Sergius Hermitage. He is buried there next to his wife. But this was a reburial, since first Gagarin was interred in Stuttgart, where he died.
Children
The very first Sergei Sergeevich Gagarin had a son. The baby's full name coincided with his father's. The boy was born on the first day of February 1824, but he died at the age of 4 years.
The next was born Varvara, who lived a long life, and the Danish envoy became her chosen one.
Then Sergei Sergeevich had a daughter, Alexander, who later built a church.
Daughter Olga was the maid of honor of the yard.
Maria subsequently became the wife of Count Shuvalov.
The next daughter, Sophia, lived for only two years. And his son Sergei later became a member of the Academy of Arts, became famous as a collector and art critic. Tatiana was a maid of honor.
Natalia became the last daughter of the Gagarins couple. The years of her life are not known for certain.
