Yekaterina Samoylova (1763–1830) was a Russian noble and lady-in-waiting to Catherine the Great. She was a leading figure of Saint Petersburg society and frequently mentioned in the literature, diaries and memoirs of the period. She was the daughter of prince Sergey Alekseyevich Trubetskoy and Yelena Nesvitskaya and in 1786 married General count Aleksandr Samoylov, nephew of Potemkin. In 1782 she became one of Empress Catherine the Great's ladies-in-waiting. During her stay with her spouse in Bender in 1787–91, she was rumoured to have had an affair with Potemkin. She was the role model of the capital's aristocracy, known for her love affairs — some of her children were not considered to have been her husband's — and for setting fashion trends. References 1763 births 1830 deaths 18th-century people from the Russian Empire Ladies-in-waiting from the Russian Empire Russian nobility Trubetskoy family Burials at Lazarevskoe Cemetery (Saint Petersburg) Burials at the Dukhovskaya Church