One of the items in the exposition of the Syzran local history and nature museum is an ancestral armchair of the Davydov family. This piece of furniture was acquired by the museum in 1925, coming from the residence of the Orlov-Davydovs, an estate situated in the village of Usolye in the Samara Region
The carved armchair is made from oak, it’s got a tall back and overall has a Gothic style. The back and the seat are upholstered in green fabric. At the top of the back there is a shield with the coat of arms of the Davydov family. The surface of the shield is divided into four parts of the same size with a small shield with a red field in it. Depicted in that field is a cross, a hexagonal gold start and between them a silver crescent with horns pointing downwards. The green field in the first and fourth quarters has black eagles holding drawn swords in their talons. The second and third quarters have blue fields, each with three hexagonal golden starts with a drawn bow and arrow under them. The shield is topped off with a carved wooden crown.
There are 76 noble Davydov families known in Russia. The most famous and the highest in status one traces its lineage back to murzy Minchak Kosaevich who came to Moscow in early 15th century and was baptised under the name of Semen. He had a son named David and he started a Davydov family, many of whose members served the Russian crown. This Davydov family was entered in the sixth part of the book of the genealogies of the Kaluga, Orel, Saratov, Simbirsk, Moscow, and Saint Petersburg governorates and the third part of the book of genealogies of the Grodno and Kyiv governorates. It is also this branch that counts Orlov-Davydovs belong to.
Pyotr Davydov (1781–1842) was the chamberlain of the Saint Petersburg Court, a secret councilor, participant of the 1812 Patriotic War, the bother of Alexander Davydov and Decembrist Vasily Davydov, the brother (through his mom) of general Nikolai Raevsky and the cousin of the Russian poet Denis Davydov. He was married to Countess Natalia Orlova (1782–1819), the daughter of Сount Vladimir Orlov. While married to Pyotr, Natalia gave birth to four daughters and the son Vladimir. Vladimir inherited the estate and the name of the Orlovs and ended up having his last name changed ot Orlov-Davydov.
The carved armchair is made from oak, it’s got a tall back and overall has a Gothic style. The back and the seat are upholstered in green fabric. At the top of the back there is a shield with the coat of arms of the Davydov family. The surface of the shield is divided into four parts of the same size with a small shield with a red field in it. Depicted in that field is a cross, a hexagonal gold start and between them a silver crescent with horns pointing downwards. The green field in the first and fourth quarters has black eagles holding drawn swords in their talons. The second and third quarters have blue fields, each with three hexagonal golden starts with a drawn bow and arrow under them. The shield is topped off with a carved wooden crown.
There are 76 noble Davydov families known in Russia. The most famous and the highest in status one traces its lineage back to murzy Minchak Kosaevich who came to Moscow in early 15th century and was baptised under the name of Semen. He had a son named David and he started a Davydov family, many of whose members served the Russian crown. This Davydov family was entered in the sixth part of the book of the genealogies of the Kaluga, Orel, Saratov, Simbirsk, Moscow, and Saint Petersburg governorates and the third part of the book of genealogies of the Grodno and Kyiv governorates. It is also this branch that counts Orlov-Davydovs belong to.
Pyotr Davydov (1781–1842) was the chamberlain of the Saint Petersburg Court, a secret councilor, participant of the 1812 Patriotic War, the bother of Alexander Davydov and Decembrist Vasily Davydov, the brother (through his mom) of general Nikolai Raevsky and the cousin of the Russian poet Denis Davydov. He was married to Countess Natalia Orlova (1782–1819), the daughter of Сount Vladimir Orlov. While married to Pyotr, Natalia gave birth to four daughters and the son Vladimir. Vladimir inherited the estate and the name of the Orlovs and ended up having his last name changed ot Orlov-Davydov.
