Marta Helena Skowrońska

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Marta Helena Skowrońska, later known as Catherine I of Russia, was a former Lithuanian-born servant who rose to become Empress and autocratic ruler of the Russian Empire as the wife and successor of Peter the Great.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf autocrat of all the Russias
convert to Eastern Orthodoxy from Roman Catholicism
empress consort
empress regnant
historical figure
member of the House of Romanov
monarch of Russia
alsoKnownAs Catherine I of Russia
Yekaterina Alekseyevna NERFINISHED
birthName Marta Helena Skowrońska
birthPlaceContext born to a poor family of Lithuanian or Latvian origin
burialPlace Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
child Anna Petrovna NERFINISHED
Elizabeth of Russia NERFINISHED
convertedTo Russian Orthodox Church
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
dynasty Romanov dynasty
earlyOccupation servant
washerwoman
ethnicOrigin Latvian
Lithuanian
gender female
givenName Helena
Marta
house House of Romanov
languageOfWorkOrName Polish
Russian
monarchOf Russian Empire
notableEvent marriage to Peter the Great elevated her to Russian nobility
notableFor being the first woman to rule Imperial Russia as empress in her own right
being the second wife of Peter the Great
rising from humble origins to become Empress of Russia
placeOfBirth Lithuania
territory of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
placeOfDeath Russian Empire
Saint Petersburg
positionHeld Autocrat of all the Russias
Empress consort of Russia
Empress of Russia
predecessor Peter the Great
relative Anna of Russia NERFINISHED
Elizabeth of Russia NERFINISHED
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
royalName Catherine I Alekseyevna
spouse Peter the Great
successor Peter II of Russia
title Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias
Tsarina of Russia

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Catherine I of Russia
Marta Helena Skowrońska
birthName

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