Empress of All Russia from 1762 until 1796 – the country's longest-ruling female leader. She came to power following a coup d'état that overthrew her husband and second cousin, Peter III. Wikipedia
Elizabeth Petrovna (Елизаве́та (Елисаве́та) Петро́вна) (29 December 1709 – 5 January 1762), also known as Yelisaveta or Elizaveta, reigned as the Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. She remains one of the most popular Russian monarchs because of her decision not to execute a single person during her reign, her numerous construction projects, and her strong opposition to Prussian policies. Wikipedia
The elder daughter of Emperor Peter I, the Great of Russia and his wife Empress Catherine I. Her younger sister, Empress Elizabeth I, ruled between 1741 and 1762. Wikipedia
The Emperor of Russia (Tsar) from 1801, the first King of Congress Poland from 1815, and the Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to his death. The eldest son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. Wikipedia
The second wife and Empress consort of Peter the Great, and Empress regnant of Russia from 1725 until her death in 1727. Said by Voltaire to be nearly as extraordinary as that of Peter the Great himself. Wikipedia
The reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. The Romanovs achieved prominence as boyars of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and later of the Tsardom of Russia under the reigning Rurik dynasty, which became extinct upon the death of Tsar Feodor I in 1598. Wikipedia
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- However, upon Elizabeth's death, all these conquests were returned to the Kingdom of Prussia by pro-Prussian Peter III of Russia.Russia-Wikipedia
- In 1742, Empress Elizabeth of Russia brought Anna's son, her nephew Peter of Holstein-Gottorp, to St. Petersburg and proclaimed him her heir.House of Romanov-Wikipedia
- The accession of the Prussophile Peter III relieved the pressure on the eastern front.Kingdom of Prussia-Wikipedia
- Her Prussophile successor, Peter III, at once ended the Russian occupation of East Prussia and Pomerania (see: the Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1762)) and mediated Frederick's truce with Sweden.Seven Years' War-Wikipedia
- Most significantly Peter III freed the nobility from obligatory civil and military service in 1762, allowing them to pursue personal interests.Russian nobility-Wikipedia
- It was Empress Elizabeth who selected the German princess, Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, as a bride for her nephew and successor, Peter III.Winter Palace-Wikipedia
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