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1 day ago · It was very nearly dragged into the war on the side of France due to the actions of the Russian Empire. Tsar Peter III had desired on reclaiming his title of Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, whose lands were being overseen by the current king of Denmark-Norway, Frederick V, and was prepared to
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3 hours ago · Married 1725, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp; issue Peter III of Russia. Yelisaveta Petrovna, later Empress Elizabeth: 29 December 1709: 5 January 1762: Reputedly married 1742, Alexei Razumovsky; no issue Maria Natalia Petrovna: 20 March 1713: 17 May 1715: born in Riga Margarita Petrovna: 19 September 1714: 7 June 1715: Peter ...
1 day ago · From 1721 until 1762, the Russian Empire was ruled by the House of Romanov; its matrilineal branch of patrilineal German descent, the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov, ruled from 1762 until 1917. By the start of the 19th century, Russian territory extended from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea in the south, and from the Baltic ...
