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Peter III of Russia
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Peter III Fyodorovich was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine II. He was born in the German city of Kiel as Charles Peter Ulrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, but he was a grandson of Peter the Great and a great-grandson of Charles XI of Sweden.
Portrait by Lucas Conrad Pfandzelt, c. 1761
Portrait by Lucas Conrad Pfandzelt, c. 1761
Portrait of Peter III by Georg Christoph Grooth, 1743
Portrait of Peter III by Georg Christoph Grooth, 1743
Peter's letter to his wife in French from 1746, the language of the Russian aristocracy
Peter's letter to his wife in French from 1746, the language of the Russian aristocracy
Portrait of Peter III by Aleksey Antropov, 1762
Portrait of Peter III by Aleksey Antropov, 1762
Emperor of Russia
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The emperor and autocrat of all Russia, also translated as emperor and autocrat of all the Russias, was the official title of the Russian monarch from 1721 to 1917.
Last to Reign Nicholas II 1 November 1894 – 15 March 1917
Last to Reign Nicholas II 1 November 1894 – 15 March 1917
Regalia of the Emperor
Regalia of the Emperor
Image: Peter I by Kneller
Image: Peter I by Kneller
Image: Catherine I of Russia
Image: Catherine I of Russia