Person

Alexander Rumyantsev

Russian diplomat

b. 1677 CE – d. 1749 CE World The Great Crossroads

Count Alexander Ivanovich Rumyantsev (1677–1749) is an assistant of Peter the Great and father of Field Marshal Peter Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky.

He comes from the Rumyantsev family which, though little known and documented in the 17th century, later claims descent from a prominent 14th-century boyar.