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Concepcion Arguello was 15 in 1806 when she met the Russian Count Nicolai Rezanov, Chamberlain to the Czar while he was in San Francisco. After a three week courtship, they became engaged. An official of the royal court, he had to return to Russia to obtain both court and church approval for the marriage. Rezanov encountered bad weather in Siberia and became ill. While riding during his illness, he fell from his horse, sustaining a head injury. Early March 1807, Rezanov was buried in the cemetery in the town of Krasnoyarsk. Concepcion waited six years until a Russian ship came bringing word of Rezanov's death. Concepcion later entered the Dominican order and became a nun, Sister Mary Dominica. California novelist Gertrude Atherton wrote a fictionalized account of this love story. Austen Warburton of Santa Clara was a descendant of the Arguellos. From Santa Clara Historic Museum, City of Santa Clara. Permanent loan from Joan Rogers of Warburton Family.
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