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Irving Saraf, who was born in Poland and raised in Israel, won an Academy Award for the documentary film, In the Shadow of the Stars, in 1991. Peter graduated from Wesleyan University in 1988. He is married to Erika Greene and they have two children.
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The terrified tsarevich volunteered to relinquish his claim to the throne, but that wasn't enough to appease his powerful father.
Many monarchs throughout history have killed family members. England’s Henry VIII, for example, beheaded two wives and several cousins.
Cleopatra engineered the murder of two siblings (one of whom was also her husband). And Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, ordered the execution of his half-brother from a Spanish prison.
But even those royals might have been aghast at the actions of Russian czar Peter the Great, who in 1718 had his eldest son tortured to death for allegedly conspiring against him.
Peter I, better known as Peter the Great, is generally credited with bringing Russia into the modern age. During his time as czar, from 1682 until his death in 1725, he implemented a variety of reforms that included revamping the Russian calendar and alphabet and reducing the Orthodox Church’s autonomy. Peter even instituted a tax on beards as part of his efforts to make Russians look and act more like Western Europeans.
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She was the second wife of Tsar Peter I; he had previously married and divorced Eudoxia Lopukhina, who had borne him the Tsarevich (heir apparent), Alexis Petrovich. Upon their wedding, Catherine took on the style of her husband and became Tsarina.
Nov 21, 2016 · Someone who was constantly out of favor with Peter was his firstborn child Alexei, who was born in 1690. His mother, Peter's unloved wife, was sent to a convent, and he lived his first 19 years...
As Feodor did not leave any children, a dispute arose between the Miloslavsky family (Maria Miloslavskaya was the first wife of Alexis I) and Naryshkin family (Natalya Naryshkina was his second wife) over who should inherit the throne. He jointly ruled with his elder half-brother, Ivan V, until 1696.
Sep 3, 2024 · Eudoxia (born August 9 [July 30, Old Style], 1669, Moscow, Russia—died September 7 [August 27], 1731, Moscow) was the tsarina and first wife of Peter I the Great of Russia. In 1689 she was given in marriage to Peter, a bridegroom of only 17.
Jul 8, 2024 · Peter the Great had two wives, with whom he had fourteen children, three of whom survived to adulthood. Peter's mother selected his first wife, Eudoxia Lopukhina, with the advice of other nobles in 1689.
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