Panikhida to be offered for Isvolsky at the local Russian Orthodox Cathedral. A Tridentine Requiem Mass was also offered for Isvolsky by a Roman Catholic priest and friend of the family. Family Izvolsky married Countess Marguerite von Toll, a Baltic German noblewoman of great charm whose influence at court was impeded by her ignorance of the Russian language. Their son fought in the Dardanelles. Their daughter Hélène Iswolsky was received into the Russian Greek Catholic Church and became a prominent scholar, first as a White émigré in Paris and later as a member of the Catholic Worker Movement and close friend of Dorothy Day in the United States. His brother — Piotr Petrovich Izvolski (1863—1928) — was chief prosecutor of the Holy Synod, then emigrated to France he became archpriest. Awards Order of St. Stanislaus 1st degree, 1901 Order of St. Anne 1st degree 1904 Order of St Vladimir, 1st degree, 1908 Order of the White Eagle, 1910 Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, 1914 Royal Victorian Order Honorary Grand Cross 6 September 1907 Screen Portrayal Izvolsky was depicted in the 1974 BBC mini-series Fall of Eagles. He was played by actor Peter Vaughan. References Gooch, G.P. Before the war: studies in diplomacy (vol 1 1936) online long chapters on Britain's Landsdowne; France's Théophile Delcassé; Germany's Bernhard von Bülow pp 187–294; Russia's Izwolsky pp 285–365 and Austria's Aehrenthal. Fay, Sidney B. (1928, repr. 1966). The Origins of the World War Izvolsky, A.P. Recollections of a Foreign Minister. 1920 Stieve, Friedrich (1926). Izvolsky and the World War External links Izvolsky, A.P. Recollections of a Foreign Minister. 1920 Notes 1856 births 1919 deaths Writers from Moscow People from Moskovsky Uyezd Russian nobility Converts to Lutheranism from Eastern Orthodoxy Foreign ministers of the Russian Empire Members of the State Council (Russian Empire) Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to Bavaria Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to France Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to Denmark Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to Japan Politicians of the Russian Empire Memoirists from the Russian Empire Russian anti-communists People of the Russo-Japanese War Russian people of World War I White Russian emigrants to France Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum alumni Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order