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Anna Leopoldovna

Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna
Regent of Russia
Grand Duchess
Regency20 November 1740 – 6 December 1741
MonarchIvan VI
PredecessorErnst Johann von Biron
Born(1718-12-18)18 December 1718
Rostock, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Holy Roman Empire
Died19 March 1746(1746-03-19) (aged 27)
Kholmogory, Archangelgorod Governorate, Russian Empire
Burial
SpouseDuke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick
Issue
Names
Elisabeth Katharina Christine
later Anna Leopoldovna
HouseHouse of Mecklenburg-Brunswick-Romanov
FatherCharles Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg
MotherCatherine Ivanovna of Russia
ReligionRussian Orthodox
prev. Lutheran

Anna Leopoldovna (Russian: А́нна Леопо́льдовна; 18 December 1718 – 19 March 1746), born Elisabeth Katharina Christine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and also known as Anna Carlovna[1] (А́нна Ка́рловна), was regent of Russia for just over a year (1740–1741) during the minority of her infant son Emperor Ivan VI.[2]


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