Sheremetev family

Also known as House of Sheremetev

The House of Sheremetev () was one of the wealthiest and most influential Russian noble families, descending from Feodor Koshka.

Key facts

Coat of arms.name: The coat of arms of Count Sheremetev
Coat of arms.image: Sheremet_3.jpg
Coat of arms.crest: Issuant from the coronet of rank an oak tree proper between two mullets of six points argent
Coat of arms.shield: ''Or in chief on a torteau surrounded by a wreath of laurel a royal crown and two crosses pattée argent in pale and in base between a boyar's hat fesswise and a crescent charged with a representation of a man's face argent a sword and spear crossed in saltire proper'', the whole ensigned by the coronet of a Count of the Russian Empire.
Coat of arms.supporters: Two lions salient guardant Or the dexter one holding in his interior paw a sceptre and in his mouth a laurel branch proper the sinister one holding in his interior paw a globus cruciger and in his mouth an olive branch proper upon a grassy compartment proper
Coat of arms.motto: Deus conservat omnia, Latin for "God preserves all".
Coat of arms.other_elements: The mantling, or doubled gules.

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The House of Sheremetev () was one of the wealthiest and most influential Russian noble families, descending from Feodor Koshka.

== History == The family held many high commanding ranks in the Russian military, governorships and eventually the rank of Count of the Russian Empire.