This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Peter III of Russia" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(October 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Peter III
Portrait by Lucas Conrad Pfandzelt, c. 1761
Emperor of Russia
Reign
5 January 1762 – 9 July 1762
Predecessor
Elizabeth
Successor
Catherine II
Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Reign
18 June 1739 – 9 July 1762
Predecessor
Charles Frederick
Successor
Paul
Born
Karl Peter Ulrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1728-02-21)21 February 1728 Kiel, Holstein-Gottorp, Duchy of Holstein
Died
17 July 1762(1762-07-17) (aged 34) Ropsha, Russian Empire
Burial
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Spouse
Catherine II of Russia
(m. 1745)
Issue
Paul I
Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia
House
Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp
Father
Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Mother
Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia
Religion
Russian Orthodox prev. Lutheran
Signature
Peter III Fyodorovich (Russian: Пётр III Фёдорович, romanized: Pyotr III Fyodorovich; 21 February [O.S. 10 February] 1728 – 17 July [O.S. 6 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 born in the German city of Kiel as Charles Peter Ulrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (German: Karl Peter Ulrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp), but he was a grandson of Peter the Great and a great-grandson of Charles XI of Sweden.
Peter III could barely speak Russian and pursued a strongly pro-Prussian policy, which made him an unpopular leader. The two countries were on opposing sides of the Seven Years' War, and Russian troops were threatening Berlin at the time of Peter's accession to the throne. He immediately switched sides in the war and withdrew his troops from Prussia, undoing hard-earned gains. He was deposed by troops loyal to his wife, Catherine, who, despite her own German origins, was a Russian nationalist. She succeeded him as empress. Peter died in captivity soon after his overthrow, perhaps with Catherine's approval as part of the coup conspiracy. However, another theory is that his death was unplanned, resulting from a drunken brawl with one of his guards.[1]
Despite his generally poor reputation, Peter made some progressive reforms during his short reign. He proclaimed religious freedom and encouraged education, sought to modernize the Russian army, abolished the secret police, which had been infamous for its extreme violence, and made it illegal for landowners to kill their serfs without going to court. Catherine reversed some of his reforms and carried through others, notably the annexation of church property.[2]
^Dixon, Simon (2009). Catherine the Great. London, England: Profile Books. pp. 124–25. ISBN 978-1615237326.
^"Романовы. Исторические портреты".
and 20 Related for: Peter III of Russia information
PeterIII Fyodorovich (Russian: Пётр III Фёдорович, romanized: Pyotr III Fyodorovich; 21 February [O.S. 10 February] 1728 – 17 July [O.S. 6 July] 1762)...
January] 1725), commonly known as Peter the Great, was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725...
Anna Petrovna ofRussia (Russian: А́нна Петро́вна; 27 January 1708 – 4 March 1728) was the eldest daughter of Emperor Peter I ofRussia and his wife Empress...
III (Russian: Алекса́ндр III Алекса́ндрович Романов, tr. Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich Romanov; 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) was Emperor ofRussia...
Feodor or Fyodor III Alekseyevich (Russian: Фёдор III Алексеевич; 9 June 1661 – 7 May 1682) was Tsar of all Russia from 1676 until his death in 1682....
Pedro IIIof Kongo (ruler in 1669) PeterIIIofRussia (1728–1762) PeterIIIof Portugal (1717–1786) PeterIII (cat) (1947-1964) Pope PeterIIIof Alexandria...
the Russian nobility, and he was secretly assassinated by his own officers. Paul was son of Emperor PeterIIIofRussia, nephew and anointed heir of the...
empress ofRussia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, PeterIII. Under her long reign, inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment...
Ivan III Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван III Васильевич; 22 January 1440 – 27 October 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all...
first Russian monarch to be crowned tsar was Ivan IV, who had held the title of sovereign and grand prince. In 1721, Peter I adopted the title of emperor...
eldest son of Nicholas I ofRussia and Charlotte of Prussia (eldest daughter of Frederick William IIIof Prussia and of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)....
Catherine Pavlovna ofRussia (Russian: Екатерина Павловна; 21 May [O.S. 10 May] 1788 – 9 January 1819) was Queen of Württemberg from 30 October 1816 until...
Nikolayevich ofRussia (Russian: Великий князь Константин Николаевич; 21 September 1827 – 25 January 1892) was the Emperor's Viceroy of Poland from 1862...
a landscape garden. He became a leader of the 1762 coup which overthrew Catherine's husband PeterIIIofRussia and installed Catherine as empress. For...
half-brother Peter I. Ivan was the youngest son of Alexis I ofRussia by his first wife, Maria Miloslavskaya, while Peter was the only son of Alexis by his...
Elizabeth. In the early 1740s, Elizabeth, Empress ofRussia, is seeking a bride for her nephew and heir, Peter. She picks the beautiful Princess Sophie, a teenager...
is a list of rulers of Kievan Rus', the Tsardom ofRussia, the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, the Soviet Union, and the modern Russian Federation...
Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671–1702) Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1700–1739) PeterIIIofRussia (1728–1762) Paul I ofRussia (1728–1762)...
of all Russia (Russian: Император и Самодержец Всероссийский), also translated as Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, was the official title of the...
was the son of King William II and Anna Pavlovna ofRussia. On the abdication of his grandfather William I in 1840, he became the Prince of Orange. On...