Yelisavyeta I of Russia

Yelisavyeta Petrovna Tsarevna of Russia; overthrew her first cousin twice removed, Ivan VI Empreror of All the Russians,and became Empress herself in 1741

Daughter of Pyotr I Tsar (later Emperor) of All Russia (1672-1725) by his second wife Marta Skawronska, who became Empress Yekaterina I in 1725 (1684-1727)

Born: Kolomenskoye Palace near Moscow 18. Dec 1709

Married: secretly, Perovo near Moscow 1742 Aleksey Grigoryevich Razumovsky, cr. Reichgraf in 1744 (1709-1771), son of Grigoriy Jakovlevich Rozum (d. 1730) and Natalya Demyanovna Demeshko.

No known issue

Died: Saint Petersburg 25. Dec 1761

Buried: St Peter and St Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg

Detlev Schwennicke “Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge” Vol II; Vittorio Klostermann, 2005; www.ru.wikipedia.org