Catherine Ivanovna of Russia
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Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia was a daughter of Ivan V of Russia by his wife Praskovia Saltykova. She was the eldest sister of Anna and a niece of Peter I. By her marriage, she was a duchess o
Portrait, 1720s
Catherine Ivanovna's Gravestone at Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
Anna of Russia
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Anna Ioannovna, also russified as Anna Ivanovna and sometimes anglicized as Anne, served as regent of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia from 1711 until 1730 and then ruled as Empress of Russia from
Catherine Ivanovna of Russia
…Yekaterina Ivanovna; 20 October 1691 – 14 June 1733) was a daughter of Ivan V of Russia by his wife Praskovia Saltykova. She was the eldest sister of Anna and a niece of Peter I. By her marriage, she was a duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Catherine was born in Moscow and baptized at Chudov Monastery; her…
Portrait by Louis Caravaque, 1730
Coinage of Anna of Russia
Empress Anna abrogates the "Conditions"
In this 1878 painting by Valery Jacobi, the scared newlyweds Mikhail Golitsyn and Avdotya Buzheninova sit on the icy bed to the left; the jocular woman in golden dress is Empress Anna.