Catherine I of Russia

Catherine I
Portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1717
Empress of Russia
Reign	8 February 1725 – 17 May 1727
Coronation	7 May 1724 (crowned as co-reign)
Predecessor	Peter I
Successor	Peter II
Empress consort of Russia
Tenure	2 November 1721 – 8 February 1725
Tsaritsa consort of Russia
Tenure	9 February 1712 – 2 November 1721
Successor	Herself as Empress consort of Russia
Born	(1684-04-15)15 April 1684[1]
Died	17 May 1727(1727-05-17) (aged 43) Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Burial	Peter and Paul Cathedral
Spouse	Johan Cruse[2] ​ ​ (m. 1702; died 1702)​ Peter I of Russia ​ ​ (m. 1707; died 1725)​
Issue among others ...	Anna, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp Elizabeth, Empress of Russia Peter Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia Grand Duchess Natalia Petrovna of Russia
Names Polish: Marta Helena Skowrońska Russian: Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya Russian: Ekaterína Alekséyevna Mikháylova Latvian: Marta Skravronska
House	House of Skavronsky [ru] (by birth) Romanov (by marriage)
Father	Samuel Skowroński
Mother	Elisabeth Moritz
Religion	Russian Orthodox prev. Lutheran and Roman Catholic
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Catherine I Alekseevna Mikhailova (Russian: Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, tr. Ekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born Polish: Marta Helena Skowrońska, Russian: Ма́рта Самуи́ловна Скавро́нская, tr. Márta Samuílovna Skavrónskaya; 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.