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  1. mashable.com › article › catherine-the-great-hboThe historical tragedy of ‘Catherine the Great’s mysterious ...

    Oct 22, 2019 · Ivan lived to be twenty-three years old, surviving Elizabeth and her nephew-heir Peter III — Catherine the Great’s husband. Ivan VI is the prisoner Catherine II encounters in the first scene ...

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  2. www.elle.com › culture › movies-tvThe True Story Behind Hulu's The Great | Catherine the ... - ELLE

    May 29, 2020 · One of the more shocking turns Aunt Elizabeth takes is executing Ivan VI, the young, illegitimate son of Peter III's late father, Peter the Great. On the show, Elizabeth kills the imprisoned child ...

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  3. www.rbth.com › history › 335521-ivan-terrible-wroteHow Ivan the Terrible once sought the hand of Elizabeth I

    By that moment, in 1570, the 40-year-old Ivan the Terrible had twice been a widower and, in both cases, rumors persisted that his wives died from poisoning. Thirty-seven-year-old Elizabeth I by ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Peter_the_GreatPeter the Great - Wikipedia

    Peter the Great. Peter I ([ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪt͡ɕ]; Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, [note 1]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, [note 2] from 1721 until his ...

  5. www.newworldencyclopedia.org › entry › Peter_I_of_RussiaPeter I of Russia - New World Encyclopedia

    Peter, the son of Alexei I of Russia and his second wife, Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, was born in Moscow. Alexei I had previously married Maria Miloslavskaya and had five sons and eight daughters by her, although only two of the sons, Fyodor III and Ivan V, were alive when Peter was born. Alexei I died in 1676, to be succeeded by his eldest ...

  6. www.unofficialroyalty.com › assassination-of-ivanAssassination of Ivan VI, Emperor of All Russia (1764)

    At midnight on July 15, 1764, Mirovich and his supporters attempted to free Ivan. However, another guard immediately murdered Ivan, following Catherine II’s orders. Mirovich and his supporters were executed. Ivan VI’s burial place is unknown but it is commonly believed that he was buried in the Fortress of Shlisselburg.

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  8. www.britannica.com › biography › Peter-the-GreatPeter I | Biography, Accomplishments, Reforms, Facts ...

    Oct 4, 2024 · Peter I (born June 9 [May 30, Old Style], 1672, Moscow, Russia—died February 8 [January 28], 1725, St. Petersburg) was the tsar of Russia who reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V (1682–96) and alone thereafter (1696–1725) and who in 1721 was proclaimed emperor (imperator). He was one of his country’s greatest statesmen ...