Empress of Russia
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Empress of Russia was a title in the Russian Empire
between 1721 and 1917, and was held by:
Of these, only Catherine I and II, Anna, and Elizabeth were ruling Empresses, the other were consorts to the Emperor.
It may also refer to the ship RMS Empress of Russia
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Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
between 1721 and 1917, and was held by:
- Catherine I of RussiaCatherine I of RussiaCatherine I , the second wife of Peter the Great, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1725 until her death.-Life as a peasant woman:The life of Catherine I was said by Voltaire to be nearly as extraordinary as that of Peter the Great himself. There are no documents that confirm her origins. Born on...
, 22 October 1721 (Empire proclaimed) to 17 May 1727 (New Style) - Anna of RussiaAnna of RussiaAnna of Russia or Anna Ivanovna reigned as Duchess of Courland from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740.-Accession to the throne:Anna was the daughter of Ivan V of Russia, as well as the niece of Peter the Great...
, 30 January 1730 to 28 October 1740 - Elizabeth of Russia, 6 December 1741 to 5 January 1762
- Catherine II of RussiaCatherine II of RussiaCatherine II, also known as Catherine the Great , Empress of Russia, was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia on as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg...
, 5 January 1762 to 6 November 1796 - Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), 6 November 1796 to 5 November 1828
- Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), 24 March 1801 to 16 May 1826
- Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia), 1 December 1825 to 1 November 1860
- Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse), 2 March 1855 to 8 June 1880
- Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark), 13 March 1881 to 13 October 1928
- Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), 14/26 November 1894 to 17 July 1918
Of these, only Catherine I and II, Anna, and Elizabeth were ruling Empresses, the other were consorts to the Emperor.
It may also refer to the ship RMS Empress of Russia
RMS Empress of Russia
The RMS Empress of Russia was an ocean liner built in 1912-1913 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific steamships . This ship regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between Canada and the Far East...
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