Only officially recognized illegitimate child of Catherine the Great (fathered by her lover, Grigory Orlov). Alexey was raised by Catherine's cloakroom marshal, Vasily Shkurin. During the reign of his half-brother, Tsar Paul, he was promoted to Major General of the Horse Guards. In 1798 he retired to his home in Tula province, where his chief hobby was studying astronomy with his observatory.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114297916/alexei-grigorievitch-bobrinskoy: accessed 27 August 2022), memorial page for Alexei Grigorievitch Bobrinskoy (11 Apr 1762–20 Jun 1813), Find a Grave Memorial ID 114297916, citing Bogoroditskoe Cemetery, Bogoroditsk, Tula Oblast, Russia; Maintained by Bunny Bo (contributor 48307880).
Memorial: Find a Grave (has image) Find A Grave: Memorial #114297916 (accessed 17 October 2022) Memorial page for Alexei Grigorievitch Bobrinskoy (11 Apr 1762-20 Jun 1813), citing Bogoroditskoe Cemetery, Bogoroditsk, Tula Oblast, Russia; Maintained by Bunny Bo (contributor 48307880).
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See also: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Grigorjewitsch_Bobrinski