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Catherine I of Russia
Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Catherine I Alekseevna Mikhailova (Russian: Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, romanized: Ekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya; Polish: Marta Helena Skowrońska, Russian: Ма́рта Самуи́ловна Скавро́нская, romanized: Márta Samuílovna Skavrónskaya; 15 April [O.S. 5 April] 1684 – 17 May [O.S. 6 May] 1727) was the second wife and Empress consort of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as Empress of Russia, ruling from 1725 until her death in 1727.
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Empress of Russia | |||||
Reign | 8 February 1725 – 17 May 1727 | ||||
Coronation | 7 May 1724 (crowned as co-reign) | ||||
Predecessor | Peter I | ||||
Successor | Peter II | ||||
Empress consort of Russia | |||||
Tenure | 2 November 1721 – 8 February 1725 | ||||
Tsaritsa consort of Russia | |||||
Tenure | 9 February 1712 – 2 November 1721 | ||||
Successor | Herself as Empress consort of Russia | ||||
Born | Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya (1684-04-15)15 April 1684[1] | ||||
Died | 17 May 1727(1727-05-17) (aged 43) Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | ||||
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House | Romanov (by marriage) Skavronsky [ru] (by birth) | ||||
Father | Samuel Skowroński | ||||
Mother | Elisabeth Moritz | ||||
Religion | Russian Orthodox prev. Lutheran and Roman Catholic | ||||
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