Vorontsov family

Russian author and woman of letters (1743-1810)

Russian prince and Field Marshal (1782-1856)

Russian noble and politician

Russian politician and general (1837-1916)

Chancellor of the Russian Empire from 1802 to 1805

Russian diplomat (1744-1832)

Russian diplomat (1783-1856)

Russian politician

thumb|Coat of arms of the Princes Vorontsov in the Empire of Russia (1845) thumb|Coat of arms of the Counts Vorontsov-Dashkov (1895) The House of Vorontsov (), also Woroncow and de Woroncow-Wojtkowicz, is the name of a Russian noble family whose members attained the dignity of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire in 1744 and became Princes of the Russian Empire on 6 April 1845, with the style of Serene Highness. Most likely, the Vorontsovs represent a collateral branch of the great Velyaminov family of Muscovite boyars, which claimed male-line descent from a Varangian nobleman named Šimon. The Vely