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Catherine the great was the longest serving female ruler in russian history.
Catherine the great ivan peter. The great plays creatively with the facts here. There was an heir to the throne named ivan whom elizabeth refused to kill but who was murdered in his early 20s when catherine came to the. Ivan the 9 year old psychopath is based in reality. Ivan vi is the prisoner catherine ii encounters in the first scene of.
When fanning s catherine arrives at the russian court peter is already emperor a role in which is portrayed as completely inept. She chose catherine then a minor german princess named. Tsar emperor of all russia a peter i portrait by jean marc nattier after 1717 tsar emperor of all russia a reign 7 may 1682 8 february 1725 coronation 25 june 1682 predecessor feodor iii successor catherine i co monarch ivan v 1682 1696 regent sophia alekseyevna 1682 1689 born 1672 06 09 9 june 1672 moscow tsardom of russia died 8 february 1725 1725 02 08 aged 52. Peter s aunt elizabeth was actually empress for most of.
Ivan s siblings who were born in prison were released into the custody of their aunt the danish queen dowager juliana maria of brunswick wolfenbüttel on 30 june 1780 and settled at horsens in jutland. They married in 1745 when peter was 17 and catherine was 16 17 years before peter would take the throne and catherine would depose him. Empress elizabeth arranged the pairing and was anxious for peter to have an heir. Peter only reigned for six months as his political vision was hugely unpopular with the russian aristocracy.
When peter inherited the throne in 1762 catherine became empress consort. Ivan lived to be twenty three years old surviving elizabeth and her nephew heir peter iii catherine the great s husband. Ivan was buried quietly in the fortress and his death secured catherine ii s position on the throne until her own son came of age. 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.
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