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Sophia Alekseyevna (Russian: Со́фья Алексе́евна, IPA: [ˈsofʲjə ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvnə]; 27 September [O.S. 17 September] 1657 – 14 July [O.S. 3 July] 1704) was a Russian princess who ruled as regent of Russia from 1682 to 1689.
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Sep 28, 2023 · Grand Duchess Sophia at the Novodevichy Convent (1698), oil on canvas by Ilya Repin, 1879. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Ilya Repin's 1879 painting portrays Sophia after her fall from power, confined to a cell in the Novodevichy Convent.
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A grand duchy is a country or territory whose official head of state or ruler is a monarch bearing the title of grand duke or grand duchess. Prior to the early 1800s, the only Grand duchies in Europe were located in what is now Italy: Tuscany (declared in 1569) and Savoy (in 1696). [1]
Aug 25, 2022 · Ivan III marries Sophia Palaiologina. After the death of his first consort, Maria of Tver (1467), and at the suggestion of Pope Paul II (1469), who hoped thereby to bind Muscovy to the Holy See, Ivan III wedded Sophia Palaiologina (also known under her original name Zoe), daughter of Thomas Palaeologus, despot of Morea, who claimed the throne ...
Grand Duchess Sofia at the Novodevichy Convent. 1879. Ilya Repin's 1879 painting portraying Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia (Museum: Tretyakov Gallery)
The Grand Duchy of Moscow (Russian: Великое княжество Московское, romanized: Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye), also known as the Principality of Moscow, or simply Muscovy (from the Latin Moscovia), was a principality of the Late Middle Ages centered on Moscow.
