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Elizabeth or Elizaveta Petrovna ( Russian: Елизаве́та Петро́вна; 29 December [ O.S. 18 December] 1709 – 5 January [ O.S. 25 December] 1762) reigned as Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762.
e. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine; 1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918) was a German Hessian and Rhenish princess of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by ...
Elizabeth, empress of Russia from 1741 to 1761 (1762, New Style). She encouraged the development of education and art, founding Russia’s first university and the Academy of Arts and building the extravagant Winter Palace. During her reign Russia’s prestige as a major European power grew.
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Sep 1, 2021 · 10. She Disappointed Them All. Much to Queen Victoria’s dismay, Princess Elizabeth rejected Frederick’s proposal. Queen Victoria “deeply regretted” Elizabeth’s decision, but that was far from the worst part of the aborted engagement. The reaction from Frederick’s mom, Empress Augusta, was that of absolute fury.
Elizabeth of Russia. Elizabeth or Elizaveta Petrovna ( Russian: Елизаве́та Петро́вна; 29 December [ O.S. 18 December] 1709 – 5 January [ O.S. 25 December] 1762) reigned as Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762.
Elizabeth Alexeievna (Russian: Елизавета Алексеевна; 24 January [O.S. 13 January] 1779 – 16 May [O.S. 4 May] 1826), born Princess Louise of Baden (German: Luise Marie Auguste von Baden), was Empress of Russia during her marriage to Emperor Alexander I.
She married Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovitch in June 1884 at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russia. Following her husband's murder on the 18 February 1905, Elisabeth herself was murdered on the 17 July 1918 by being thrown down a disused mine shaft in Siniachikha, Russia.
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