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document, signed by Baronesse Catharina von Offenberg, official address to the Russian Emperor Alexander III, Russia, 1882, 36.8 x 23 cm, minor tears on the edges and along folding lines. Baroness Catharina von Offenberg, née Ekaterina Pavlovna Bibikova (1810 – April 5, 1900), was a maid of honor at the imperial court and the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Gavrilovich Bibikov (1784–1812), a hero of the War of 1812, from his marriage to Elizaveta Andreevna Zakharzhevskaya (1788–1857). She was married to Baron F. P. Offenberg from 1829. Following her mother's second marriage in 1817 to Count A. Kh. Benckendorff, she was raised by her grandmother, E. A. Bibikova, in Moscow. As her grandmother's favorite granddaughter, she received a dowry of 1,500 peasant souls, and in 1835, she and her sister inherited the Bibikov city estate in Moscow. She spent the final years of her life in Dresden, where she passed away. The Bibikovs are an ancient Russian noble family whose lineage dates back to the 14th century. The document also mentions Baron Fyodor Petrovich Offenberg (Friedrich Karl Nikolaus von Offenberg, 1789–1857), a General of the Cavalry, commander of the 3rd Infantry Corps, and a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. He was married to E. P. Bibikova from 1829. He hailed from the nobility of the Courland Governorate and was the son of Baron Peter-Georg von Offenberg. Offenberg took part in the Patriotic War of 1812 and the subsequent Foreign Campaigns. He was a Freemason and a member of the Moscow lodge "Alexander of the Triple Blessing," which operated under the Rectified Scottish Rite. On April 21, 1828, he was appointed commander of the Life Guards Horse Regiment (officially confirmed in the position on February 9, 1829). He commanded the regiment until May 27, 1833. On May 28, 1851, he was promoted to General of the Cavalry (equivalent to the modern rank of Colonel General).