Catherine I of Russia information

Catherine I Alekseevna Mikhailova (Russian: Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, tr. Ekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born Polish: Marta Helena Skowrońska...

Paul I (Russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич, romanized: Pavel I Petrovich; 1 October [O.S. 20 September] 1754 – 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1801) was Emperor of Russia...

rest of Europe and with the recognition of Russia as one of the great powers of Europe. In her accession to power and her rule of the empire, Catherine often...

half-brother Alexei's death in 1718. The throne first passed to her mother Catherine I of Russia (r. 1725–1727), then to her nephew Peter II, who died in 1730 and...

July] 1762) was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine II (the Great). He was...

child of the future Catherine I of Russia and Peter the Great. Although Anna was the fourth child and second daughter born to the couple, none of her older...

the wife of William I of Württemberg. Catherine was born as the fourth daughter of Emperor Paul I of Russia and Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg...

Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (20 October 1691 – 14 June 1733) was a daughter of Tsar Ivan V and Praskovia Saltykova, eldest sister of Empress Anna of...

after the reign of the flamboyant and powerful Empress Catherine II of Russia, whose long rule led to the modernisation of the Russian Empire, many urban...

Tsarevna Catherine Alekseyevna (Russian: Екатерина Алексеевна; 27 November 1658 - 1 May 1718) was the fifth daughter of Tsar Alexis of Russia and Maria...

Catherine of Russia can refer to: Catherine I of Russia (1684–1727), second wife of Peter the Great Catherine II of Russia (1729–1796), called Catherine...

Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28...

Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (Russian: Княжна Екатери́на Ива́нновна; 12 July 1915 (O.S.) – 13 March 2007) was a great-great-granddaughter of Tsar...

Orthodoxy in 1703, and took the new name Catherine Alexeyevna (Yekaterina Alexeyevna). "Catherine I empress of Russia". Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica...

occasion of his marriage to Catherine I of Russia. For the majority of the time of Imperial Russia, it was the only award for women; the Insignia of Saint...

Alexander I (Russian: Александр I Павлович, romanized: Aleksandr I Pavlovich, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ]; 23 December [O.S. 12 December] 1777 – 1 December [O...

1922) was a Russian aristocrat and the daughter of Prince Michael Dolgorukov and Vera Vishnevskaya. Catherine was a long-time mistress of Tsar Alexander...

Pavlovna of Russia (Russian: Александра Павловна: 9 August [O.S. 29 July] 1783 – 16 March [O.S. 4 March] 1801) was a daughter of Emperor Paul I of Russia and...

of Saint Alexander Nevsky was an order of chivalry of the Russian Empire first awarded on 1 June [O.S. 21 May] 1725 by Empress Catherine I of Russia....

Emperor Alexander I of Russia and Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia. Five months after Nicholas's birth, his grandmother, Catherine the Great, died...

1724) was private secretary to Catherine I of Russia. Born in 1688 into the Dutch Mons family, Willem was the brother of Peter the Great's long-time mistress...

Catherine I of Russia, the wife of Peter the Great; Canton de Fidèle, an alleged governor of Calais; and the game of cat (trap-ball). The profusion of unsupported...

Three Empresses: Catherine I, Anna and Elizabeth of Russia, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Moss, Walter (1997), A History of Russia, vol. 1, Boston:...

(for his former lover Empress Catherine I of Russia), Cardinal Richelieu of France (for Louis XIII), Queen Elisabeth of Parma (for her husband, King Philip...

Alexei Petrovich and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After Catherine I's death, Alexander Menshikov controlled Peter II, but was thwarted by...

was first used for Catherine I in 1724. Since tsarist Russia claimed to be the "Third Rome" and the successor to Byzantium, the Russian rite was designed...

1712 Peter married in church Catherine I of Russia. The Russian Empire was officially proclaimed in 1721, and Catherine became empress by marriage. After...