His elder brother August Davydov was a noted mathematician and educator, and his nephew Alexei Davidov also became cellist and composer and also a businessman.
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This cello, now known as the Davidov Stradivarius, was owned by Jacqueline du Pré until her death and is currently on loan to cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Karl Davydov (1838–1889) Sextet, Op. 35 (1880) dedicated to Leopold Auer
Karl Marx | Karl Pilkington | Karl Lagerfeld | Karl G. Heider | Karl Rove | Karl Pearson | Karl May | Karl Liebknecht | Karl Friedrich Schinkel | Karl Dönitz | Karl Jenkins | Karl Stefanovic | Karl Bodmer | Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel | Karl Malone | Karl Wolf | Karl Valentin | Karl Popper | Karl Malden | Karl Kesel | Karl Barth | Karl Richard Lepsius | Karl Philipp von Wrede | Karl Kautsky | Karl Johans gate | Karl-Heinz Kämmerling | Karl | Karl Weierstrass | Karl Story | Karl Scheel |
In 1870, the Davidov Stradivarius was given to the eponymous Karl Davydov (1838–1889) by patron Count Matvei Wielhorski (1794–1866) (see Russian Wikipedia), at the court of Tsar Alexander II.