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Peter II, czar of Russia. Peter II, 1715–30, czar of Russia (1727–30). A grandson of Peter I and the son of the czarevich Alexis, he succeeded on the death of Catherine I. He was too young to rule, but he willingly lent himself to a court intrigue, led by the Gallitzin and Dolgoruki families, which resulted in the fall of the all-powerful ...
Prominent Russians: Peter II. October 12, 1715 - January 19, 1730. Peter II. Peter II was Emperor of Russia from 1927 to 1930, the only son of Prince Alexius, grandson of Peter the Great. His death ended the male line of the Romanov dynasty. Peter II was born in St. Petersburg on October 12, 1715. His mother died when Peter was only ten days old.
Peter II Alexeyevich reigned as Emperor of Russia from 1727 until his untimely death.
Petr II Alexeevich (1715-1730) - Emperor from 1727. Son of Tsarevich Alexis (1690 - 1718) and Princess Charlotte Christina Sophia Braunschweig Wolfenbuttel (died in 1715). Grandson of Petr I (1672-1725) and Eudoxia Lopukhina (1669-1731). Ascended the throne following the death of Empress Catherine I in 1727 according to her will.
Russian Empire - Peter I, Expansion, Reforms: The years 1682 to 1725 encompass the troubled but important regency of Sophia Alekseyevna (until 1689), the joint reign of Ivan V and Peter I (the Great), and the three decades of the effective rule of Peter I. In the latter period Muscovy, already established in Siberia, entered the European scene. Upon its creation in 1721 the Russian Empire ...
In 1703, on the Baltic Sea, Peter founded Saint Petersburg as Russia's new capital. Throughout his rule, sweeping reforms were made, which brought significant Western European cultural influences to Russia. He was succeeded by Catherine I (1725–1727), followed by Peter II (1727–1730), and Anna.
Near the end of his life, Peter managed to alter the succession tradition of male heirs, allowing him to choose his heir. Power then passed into the hands of his second wife, Empress Catherine, who ruled until her death in 1727. Peter II, the son of Tsarevich Alexei, took the throne but died in 1730, ending the Romanov male line.
