Catherine I of Russia

Catherine I
Portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1717
Empress of Russia
Reign8 February 1725 – 17 May 1727
Coronation7 May 1724 (crowned as co-reign)
PredecessorPeter I
SuccessorPeter II
Empress consort of Russia
Tenure2 November 1721 – 8 February 1725
Tsaritsa consort of Russia
Tenure9 February 1712 – 2 November 1721
SuccessorHerself as Empress consort of Russia
BornMarta Samuilovna Skavronskaya
(1684-04-15)15 April 1684[1]
Died17 May 1727(1727-05-17) (aged 43)
Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Burial
Spouse
Johan Cruse[2]
(m. 1702; died 1702)
(m. 1707; died 1725)
Issue
among others
Names
Polish: Marta Helena Skowrońska
Russian: Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya
Russian: Ekaterína Alekséyevna Mikháylova
Latvian: Marta Skravronska
HouseRomanov (by marriage)
Skavronsky[3] (by birth, founded in 1727)
FatherSamuel Skowroński
MotherElisabeth Moritz
ReligionRussian Orthodox
prev. Lutheran and Roman Catholic
SignatureCatherine I's signature

Catherine I Alekseevna Mikhailova (Russian: Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, romanized: Yekaterina I Alekseyevna Mikhaylova; born Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya; Polish: Marta Helena Skowrońska, Russian: Ма́рта Самуи́ловна Скавро́нская, romanized: Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya; 15 April [O.S. 5 April] 1684 – 17 May [O.S. 6 May] 1727) was the second wife and Empress consort of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as Empress of Russia, ruling from 1725 until her death in 1727.

  1. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ or Johann Rabbe
  3. ^ "Скавронские." Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

Catherine I of Russia

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