Catherine I of Russia

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Catherine I of Russia was Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727, the second wife of Peter the Great and the first woman to rule the Russian Empire.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century monarch
Empress of Russia
Russian monarch
female ruler
alsoKnownAs Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya
Yekaterina I Alekseyevna
birthName Marta Helena Skowrońska
burialPlace Peter and Paul Cathedral
cameToPower through succession after the death of Peter the Great
causeOfDeath illness
child Anna Petrovna
Elizabeth of Russia
Margarita Petrovna
Natalia Petrovna
Pavel Petrovich
Peter Petrovich
Pyotr Petrovich
convertedTo Eastern Orthodoxy
coronationDate 7 May 1724
coronationPlace Uspensky Cathedral, Moscow
coRulerWith Peter the Great
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
dateOfBirth 1684
dateOfDeath 17 May 1727
dynasty House of Romanov
era Petrine era
fullName Catherine I Alekseyevna
governmentTypeDuringReign Russian Empire
house Romanov
languageSpoken German
Russian
possibly Latvian or Lithuanian
marriageDate 1707
1708
motherOf Anna Petrovna, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp
Empress Elizabeth of Russia
notableFor being of humble, possibly peasant origin
being the first woman to rule the Russian Empire
continuing Peter the Great’s policies
placeOfBirth Swedish Livonia
territory of present-day Latvia or Estonia
placeOfDeath Saint Petersburg
positionHeld Autocrat of All the Russias
Empress of Russia
predecessor Peter the Great
reignEnd 1727
reignStart 1725
religion Russian Orthodox Church
residence Saint Petersburg
spouse Peter I of Russia
Peter the Great
successor Peter II of Russia
supportedBy Alexander Menshikov


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