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Ivan VI Antonovich (Russian: Иван VI Антонович; 23 August [O.S. 12 August] 1740 – 16 July [O.S. 5 July] 1764), also known as Ioann Antonovich, [a] was Emperor of Russia from October 1740 until he was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna in December 1741.
Sep 25, 2023 · Ivan VI Antonovich, also known as Ioann Antonovich, was the youngest emperor of Russia. The infant emperor Ivan VI was “in power” from October 1740 until December 1741, when he was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of Peter the Great.
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On August 23, 1740, both Peter and Paul and Schlisselburg fortresses’ cannons were firing, informing the citizens of St. Petersburg of the birth of the heir to the Russian throne — Ivan Antonovich. He was the first child of Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna (originally princess Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) and German Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-...
After the imprisonment of the Brunswick family, the self-proclaimed empress, Elisabeth I of Russia, ordered the destruction of any image or even reference to Ivan Antonovich. Subsequently, today we know of only a few true portraits of Ivan VI of Russia. This also explains the reason why contemporary artists denied their relations to portraits of Iv...
Because of the mystery that shrouded Ivan’s life, some portraits of other Romanov children are garbled. For instance, this portrait of Tsarevich Peter Petrovich has been falsely said to be Ivan Antonovich! Peter Petrovich (1715-1719) was the first son of Peter the Great and Catherine I of Russia, brother of Elisabeth I of Russia. Unfortunately, at ...
After Ivan’s deposition, Empress Elisabeth I had the intent to banish Ivan Antonovich and his family to Brunswick, Germany. However, her advisors had another point-of-view; they assured Elisabeth that she was in danger as long as the Brunswick family was abroad. Consequently, Ivan and his parents and siblings were locked away in five different pris...
When Ivan Antonovich turned four, he was transferred to Kholmogory (a town near Arkhangelsk) and separated from his family completely. An officer, Major Korff, guarded the little boy during the trip. Surprisingly, in the 19th century, this major’s offspring and a historian, Modest Korff, published the book The Brunswick Family. This book is the mos...
Ivan VI or Ivan Antonovich was the infant Tsar of Russia who became the emperor when he was barely two-months-old and was deposed soon after. He was the grand-nephew of the Empress Anna of Russia who had no children and she therefore chose Ivan VI, the eldest son of her niece, to be her heir.
The story of Ivan VI’s life is as tragic as Dumas' story, Man in the Iron Mask. While he never actually wore a mask, the little boy fell victim to Russian court intrigue and lived almost...
Aug 23, 2024 · Ivan VI Antonovich (Russian: Иван VI Антонович; 23 August [O.S. 12 August] 1740 – 16 July [O.S. 5 July] 1764), also known as Ioann Antonovich, [lower-alpha 1] was Emperor of Russia from October 1740 until he was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna in December 1741.
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Jul 4, 2018 · Ivan VI, Emperor of All Russia (Ivan Antonovich) succeeded to the throne at the age of two months. A little more than a year later, Ivan was deposed and spent the next 23 years imprisoned before being murdered during the reign of Catherine II (the Great).
