Ivan VI of Russia
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Ivan VI Antonovich, also known as Ioann Antonovich, was Emperor of Russia from October 1740 until he was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna in December 1741. He was only two months old when h
Portrait, 1750
Mirovich Standing over the Corpse of Ivan VI (1884) by Ivan Tvorozhnikov
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Ivan VI of Russia
…in Horsens, where they lived out their lives in comfort under house arrest. Ivan was born on 23 August 1740 at Saint Petersburg, the eldest child of Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Lüneburg by his wife, Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the only niece of the childless Empress Anna of Russia, and the only granddaughter of…
Portrait by an unknown painter, 1740