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  2. Anna Leopoldovna (Russian: А́нна Леопо́льдовна; 18 December 1718 – 19 March 1746), born Elisabeth Katharina Christine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and also known as Anna Carlovna (А́нна Ка́рловна), was regent of Russia for just over a year (1740–1741) during the minority of her infant son Emperor Ivan VI.

  3. A niece of Empress Anna (reigned 1730–40), Anna Leopoldovna married a nephew of the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI in 1739 and gave birth to a son, Ivan (Aug. 2 [Aug. 13], 1740), who was named heir to the Russian throne by Empress Anna in 1740, shortly before she died.

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  4. Dec 17, 2023 · 2024 Author: Angel Austin | austin@vogueindustry.com. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:14. The fate of this woman is unusually tragic. The granddaughter of the Russian Tsar Ivan V, Anna Leopoldovna only for a short moment turned out to be the ruler of the world's greatest state - Russia.

  5. Oct 3, 2016 · Anna knew she needed an heir and she nominated her niece, 13-year-old Anna Leopoldovna, the daughter of her sister Catherine who had died in 1733, as opposed to the popular Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great. Anna Leopoldovna was considered “neither handsome nor genteel”. With the succession settled, Anna could return to her fun.

  6. Biographies Russian Rulers Romanov Regent Anna Leopoldovna. Anna Leopoldovna. Born: 1718, Rostock. Died: 1746, Kholmogory. Anna Leopoldovna was born in Rostock on 7 October 1718. She was the daughter of Duke Carl Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Ekaterina Ioannovna, elder sister of Anna Ioannovna and niece of Peter the Great.

  7. Anna Leopoldovna (än´nə lyā´əpôl´dəvnə) or Anna Karlovna (kär´ləvnə), 1718–46, duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, regent of Russia (1740–41); daughter of Charles Leopold, duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and of Catherine, sister of Czarina Anna of Russia. She married the prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and their son, Ivan VI ...

  8. Born: Rostock, 7 (18) December 1718. Died: Kholmogory, 7 (18) March 1746. Regent: 1740-1741. Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna was the daughter of Princess Catherine (the daughter of Ivan V and sister of Empress Anna Ioannovna), and Duke Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in northern Germany.