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Amaliia Litke (1841–1912)

Amaliia Litke

First cousin to the composer (b. 1841; d. 1912), born Amaliia Vasil'evna Shobert (Амалия Васильевна Шоберт, Amalija Vasil'evna Šobert, Amaliya Vasil'yevna Shobert); known after her marriage as Countess Amaliia Vasil'evna Litke (Амалия Васильевна Литке, Amalija Vasil'evna Litke, Amaliya Vasil'yevna Litke)

Amaliia was the eldest child of Vasilii Shobert and his wife Elizaveta. In the 1860s she married state councillor Nikolai Fëdorovich Litke (1839–1887), a railway engineer, by whom she had five children: Nikolai; Fedor (1866–1912); Aleksandr (1868–1919); Konstantin (1873–1915); and Petr.

Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Amaliia Litke:

• 1 letter from Tchaikovsky to Amaliia Litke (Shobert) has survived, dating from 1848.