Peter III of Russia
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Peter III of Russia was an 18th-century Emperor of Russia whose short and unpopular reign ended in a coup that brought his wife, Catherine the Great, to power.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emperor Peter III of Russia | 1 |
| Peter III Fyodorovich | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Emperor of Russia
ⓘ
member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp ⓘ monarch ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| ally | Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
ⓘ
surface form:
Karl Peter Ulrich of Holstein-Gottorp
|
| birthDate | 1728-02-21 ⓘ |
| birthName | Karl Peter Ulrich ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Duchy of Holstein
ⓘ
surface form:
Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp
Kiel ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Peter and Paul Cathedral
|
| causeOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| child | Paul I of Russia ⓘ |
| convertedTo |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| coronationDate | 1762-01-05 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Duchy of Holstein
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1762-07-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Ropsha
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| father |
Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
ⓘ
surface form:
Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
|
| fullName |
Peter III of Russia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Peter III Fyodorovich
|
| grandfather | Peter the Great ⓘ |
| grandmother | Catherine I of Russia ⓘ |
| house |
House of Oldenburg
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
|
| languageSpoken |
German
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| mother |
Anna Petrovna
ⓘ
surface form:
Anna Petrovna of Russia
|
| notableAction |
concluded peace with Prussia
ⓘ
issued manifesto on the freedom of the nobility ⓘ withdrew Russia from the Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Seven Years' War policy reversal
ⓘ
deposed in a coup d’état in 1762 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
ⓘ
Tsar of Russia ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor of Russia
|
| predecessor | Elizabeth of Russia ⓘ |
| previousReligion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1762-07-09 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1762-01-05 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
House of Romanov
ⓘ
surface form:
Romanov dynasty
|
| religion | Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| spouse | Catherine II of Russia ⓘ |
| spouseFrom | 1745 ⓘ |
| spouseTo | 1762 ⓘ |
| successor | Catherine II of Russia ⓘ |
| title | Imperator and Autocrat of All the Russias ⓘ |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Peter III Fyodorovich
this entity surface form:
Emperor Peter III of Russia
subject surface form:
Elizabeth of Russia