Catherine I of Russia

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18th-century monarch Empress of Russia Russian monarch female ruler

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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (53)

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 →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anna Petrovna → Anna Petrovna, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp → Elizabeth of Russia → Elizabeth of Russia → Margarita Petrovna → Margarita Petrovna ("Empress Catherine I") →	mother
Catherine I of Russia ("Yekaterina I Alekseyevna") → Marta Helena Skowrońska → Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya → Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya ("Yekaterina I Alekseyevna") →	alsoKnownAs
Catherine Block ("Empress Catherine I of Russia") → Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo → Yekaterinburg →	namedAfter
Peter II of Russia → Peter III of Russia →	grandmother
Catherine Block ("Empress Catherine I of Russia") →	associatedWith
Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg →	burialPlaceOf
Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo →	commissionedBy
Anna Petrovna →	daughterOf
Tsarskoye Selo →	developedFor
Empress of Russia →	firstFemaleMonarch
Catherine I of Russia ("Catherine I Alekseyevna") →	fullName
House of Romanov →	hasMember
Alexander Menshikov →	monarchServed
Margarita Petrovna ("Empress Catherine I of Russia") →	notableRelative
Empress of Russia →	notableTitleHolder
Emperor of All the Russias →	officeHolder
Peter II of Russia →	predecessor
Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya ("Catherine I") →	regnalName
Marta Helena Skowrońska ("Catherine I Alekseyevna") →	royalName
Peter the Great →	spouse
Peter II of Russia →	succeeded
Peter the Great →	successor
Alexander Menshikov →	supported