Elizabeth Petrovna

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Elizabeth Petrovna was Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762, known for her relatively peaceful reign, lavish court, and support of the arts and architecture during the Russian Enlightenment.

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Elizabeth Petrovna canonical 3

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instanceOf Empress of Russia ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Elizaveta Petrovna ⓘ
architectEmployed Bartolomeo Rastrelli ⓘ
burialPlace Peter and Paul Cathedral ⓘ
cameToPowerBy coup d'état of 1741 ⓘ
children 0 ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn Seven Years' War ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1709-12-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1762-01-05 ⓘ
dynasticTitle Autocrat of All the Russias ⓘ
educationPolicy support for higher education in Russia ⓘ
era Russian Enlightenment ⓘ
father Peter the Great ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
house House of Romanov ⓘ
implementedPolicy abolition of capital punishment in Russia in practice ⓘ
knownFor lavish imperial court ⓘ
opposition to Prussia in the Seven Years' War ⓘ
patronage of architecture ⓘ
patronage of arts ⓘ
relatively peaceful reign ⓘ
mother Catherine I of Russia ⓘ
nativeLanguage Russian ⓘ
neverMarried true ⓘ
patronOf Imperial Moscow University ⓘ
Russian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Smolny Cathedral ⓘ
Winter Palace construction ⓘ
placeOfBirth Moscow ⓘ
placeOfDeath Saint Petersburg ⓘ
policy encouragement of Western European culture at court ⓘ
support for the Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
support for the nobility ⓘ
positionHeld Empress of Russia ⓘ
predecessor Ivan VI of Russia ⓘ
reignEnd 1762 ⓘ
reignStart 1741 ⓘ
religion Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
residence Summer Palace in Saint Petersburg ⓘ
Winter Palace ⓘ
spokeLanguage French ⓘ
German ⓘ
style Her Imperial Majesty ⓘ
successor Peter III of Russia ⓘ
targetOfCoup Regency of Anna Leopoldovna ⓘ

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Elizabeth of Russia → fullName → Elizabeth Petrovna ⓘ
Regency for Ivan VI of Russia → overthrownBy → Elizabeth Petrovna ⓘ