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Anna of Russia. Anna Ioannovna ( Russian: Анна Иоанновна; 7 February [ O.S. 28 January] 1693 – 28 October [ O.S. 17 October] 1740), also russified as Anna Ivanovna [1] and sometimes anglicized as Anne, served as regent of the duchy of Courland from 1711 until 1730 and then ruled as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740.
- 26 (15) February 1730 – 28 (17) October 1740
- Praskovia Saltykova
father Ivan V. Anna (born January 28 [February 7, New Style], 1693, Moscow, Russia—died October 17 [October 28], 1740, St. Petersburg) was the empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. Daughter of Ivan V (reigned 1682–96) and niece of Peter I the Great (reigned 1682–1725), Anna was married to Frederick William, ruler of the Baltic seacoast ...
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Oct 4, 2022 · Born on February 7, 1693, Anna Ioannovna or Ivanovna was never meant for the crown. The fourth daughter of Ivan V, Anna, at 17, was married off to a lowly, backwater duke, and was largely ...
- Sarah Durn
Mar 18, 2021 · Nicknamed "Ivanna the Terrible" for her bad manners and crude sense of humor, Anna Ivanovna tortured and imprisoned anyone who opposed her for 10 grueling years. Wikimedia CommonsAnna Ivanovna became the unlikely Empress of Russia in 1730. Her death a decade later was a relief to many. Even though she was born a princess, Anna Ivanovna did not ...
Anna Ivanovna was born in Moscow on January 28, 1693, into a Russia where men wore beards and heavy robes and women wore veils and lived in seclusion in an almost oriental society. She was the fourth daughter of Ivan V (1682–1696), co-tsar of Russia with his half-brother Peter I. Her mother, Praskovya Saltykova , was a woman of the old ...
Jun 8, 2018 · ANNA (RUSSIA) (1693 – 1740, ruled 1730 – 1740), empress of Russia. Anna Ivanovna (or Ioannovna) was the second crowned female ruler of Russia, after Catherine I. The daughter of Peter the Great's half brother and co-tsar for seven years, Ivan V, she spent her adult life residing alternately in St. Petersburg and in the duchy of Courland.
May 11, 2018 · Anna Ivanovna (1693-1740) was empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. She continued the policy of westernizing Russia initiated by Czar Peter I. Born in Moscow on Jan. 29, 1693, Anna was the daughter of Ivan V, co-czar of Russia with his half-brother Peter I. After her father's death in 1696, she and her mother and sisters became dependent on Czar ...
