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Nine years later, when Peter the Great learned about their affair, he sentenced Glebov to execution by impalement. [3] According to the legend, the Emperor also ordered the soldiers to force Eudoxia to watch her lover's death. [3] Gradually, Eudoxia and her son became the centre of opposition to Peter's reforms, primarily from the church officials.
Catherine I Alekseyevna Mikhailova; [a] born Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya; [b] 15 April [O.S. 5 April] 1684 – 17 May [O.S. 6 May] 1727) was the second wife and Empress consort of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as Empress of Russia, ruling from 1725 until her death in 1727.
Historian Eugene Anisimov posits that the primary catalyst for the conflict between Peter and Alexei was not ideological divergence but palace intrigues driven by Catherine, Peter's second wife, who sought to displace her stepson Alexei and elevate her son, Tsarevich Peter Petrovich, to the throne. The relationship between Peter I and Alexei ...
That the emperor sincerely sympathized with Alexei, and suspected Peter of harbouring murderous designs against his son, is plain from his confidential letter to George I of Great Britain, whom he consulted on this delicate affair. Peter felt insulted: the flight of the tsarevich to a foreign potentate was a reproach and a scandal, and he had ...
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Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), known as Peter the Great, [note 1] was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725.
Erin Andrews is a mom!The 45-year-old sportscaster and her former NHL player husband, Jarret Stoll, welcomed a baby boy via surrogate a couple of weeks ago, according to Page Six, who was first to ...
Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage has had a lengthy career — and an equally long and successful marriage to wife Erica Schmidt. The twosome met nearly two decades ago at a mutual friend’s ...