Career
Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky was born in Saint St. Petersburg in 1776. Volkonsky participated in the plot to remove Paul I from the throne and became one of the closest advisors to Alexander I. He commanded the Russian troops in the Battle of Austerlitz. Resigned after a conflict with the War Minister Count Alexey Arakcheyev.
He was an Ambassador to the coronation of Charles X of France in 1824.
Afterwards, he was Minister of Imperial Court and Properties between 1826 and 1852.