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Sep 25, 2023 · The real Man in the Iron Mask died in 1703 and still remains unidentified. There are many similarities between the Man in the Iron Mask and Ivan VI, including guards who were ordered to kill their prisoners if they tried to reveal themselves or seek help. Top Image: Ivan VI was a victim of his birth and inheritance for his entire life.
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Peter the Great himself came to power at the very end of the 17th century after a series of violent coups that left him and his half-brother, Ivan V, sharing the throne until Ivan’s death in...
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Died on: July 16, 1764. place of death: Shlisselburg, Russia. Cause of Death: Assassination. City: Saint Petersburg, Russia. Recommended Lists: Russian People. Russian Rulers. Russian Historical Personalities. Childhood & Early Life.
A little more than a year later, Ivan was deposed by Elizabeth Petrovna, the only surviving child of Peter I the Great, Emperor of All Russia, and spent the next 23 years imprisoned before being murdered in 1764 during the reign of Catherine II (the Great), Empress of All Russia.
May 23, 2018 · IVAN VI (1740 – 1764), emperor of Russia, October 28, 1740 to December 6, 1741. Ivan was born in August 1740, the son of Duke Anton-Ulrich of Brunswick and Anna Leopoldovna (1718 – 1746), niece of the childless Empress Anna (reigned 1730 – 1740), who nominated Anna's as yet unborn child as her heir. The infant Ivan succeeded Anna in ...
Jul 4, 2018 · However, she died two years later and was succeeded by Peter the Great’s 11-year-old grandson, the only remaining male Romanov, as Peter II, Emperor of All Russia. In 1730, 14-year-old Peter II died of smallpox.
Jun 3, 2020 · After her death in October 1740, the baby Ivan became Emperor Ivan VI of Russia. It was a unique occasion! The images of the baby emperor were distributed all over Europe.
