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Grand Duke Alexei Petrovich of Russia (28 February 1690 – 26 June 1718) was a Russian Tsarevich.He was born in Moscow, the son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife, Eudoxia Lopukhina.
Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), better known as Peter the Great, [note 1] was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725.
Alexei 1690–1718: Alexander 1691–1692: Pavel 1693: Anna Leopoldovna 1718–1746 Regent of Russia r. 1740–1741: Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick 1714–1774: Peter II 1715–1730 Emperor of Russia r. 1727–1730: Peter 1704: Paul 1705: Catherine 1706–1708: Elizabeth 1709–1762 Empress of Russia r. 1741–1762: Ivan VI 1740–1764 Emperor of ...
Peter II, the son of Tsarevich Alexei, took the throne but died in 1730, ending the Romanov male line. [11] He was succeeded by Anna I, daughter of Peter the Great's half-brother and co-ruler, Ivan V. Before she died in 1740 the empress declared that her grandnephew, Ivan VI, should succeed her. This was an attempt to secure the line of her ...
Peter supported Frederick II, eroding much of his support among the nobility. Peter ceased Russian operations against Prussia, and Frederick suggested the partition of Polish territories with Russia. Peter also intervened in a dispute between his Duchy of Holstein and Denmark over the province of Schleswig (see Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von ...
The painting Peter the Great Interrogating the Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich at Peterhof was created by the Russian artist Nikolai Ge (1831–1894) and completed in 1871. The painting is stored in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow (Inventory 2630).
Tsarevich Peter Alekseyvich 1676–1682, half-brother: Feodor III: succession uncertain 1682–1690: Ivan V and Peter I (jointly) Grand Duke Alexei Petrovich: Heir presumptive and apparent: nephew and eldest son: 18 February 1690: born: 26 June 1718: died: uncertain: Grand Duke Alexander Petrovich 1691–1692, brother uncertain: Heir apparent ...
Peter's mother died when he was only ten days old. His father, the tsarevich Alexei, accused of treason by his own father, Peter the Great, died in prison in 1718. So three-year-old Peter and his four-year-old sister, Natalya, became orphans. Their grandfather showed no interest in their upbringing or education: the Tsar had disliked their ...