Catherine I of Russia

Catherine I Alekseevna Mikhailova (Russian: Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, tr. Ekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born Polish: Marta Helena Skowrońska, Russian: Ма́рта Самуи́ловна Скавро́нская, tr. Márta Samuílovna Skavrónskaya; 15 April [O.S. 5 April] 168417 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.

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
Born(1684-04-15)15 April 1684
Died17 May 1727(1727-05-17) (aged 43)
Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Burial
Peter and Paul Cathedral
Spouse
Johan Cruse
(m. 1702; died 1702)
Peter I of Russia
(m. 1707; died 1725)
Issue
among others ...
Names
Polish: Marta Helena Skowrońska
Russian: Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya
Russian: Ekaterína Alekséyevna Mikháylova
Latvian: Marta Skravronska
HouseHouse of Skavronsky (by birth)
Romanov (by marriage)
FatherSamuel Skowroński
MotherElisabeth Moritz
ReligionRussian Orthodox
prev. Lutheran and Roman Catholic
Signature
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