Grand Duchess Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia (1714–1728)

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Natalya Alexeyevna and Peter II in 1722

Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia (Russian: Наталья Алексеевна; 21 July 1714 – 22 November 1728) was a Russian Grand Duchess.

She was the daughter of Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg, grandchild of Peter the Great and the sibling of Tsar Peter II. She was born in Saint Petersburg. She and her brother were moved to the Russian court in 1719. Her brother became monarch in 1727. She was heir to the throne after Elizabeth and Anna. She became a center of attention, and Menshikov wished to have her marry his son. She was described as intelligent and kind and was considered as a good influence on her brother, who was close to her. She died in Moscow.

Ancestors

Family of Grand Duchess Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia (1714–1728)

16. Michael I Feodorovich of Russia               8. Alexis I Mikhailovich of Russia                       17. Eudoxia Lukyanovna Streshneva               4. Peter I Alexeevich of Russia                             18. Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin               9. Natalia Kirillovna Naryshkina                       19. Anna Lvovna Leontieva               2. Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia                                   20. Abram ? Lopukhin               10. Feodor Abramovich Lopukhin                       21. ?               5. Eudoxia Feodorovna Lopukhina                             22. Bogdan ? Rtishchev               11. Ustinia Bogdanovna Rtishcheva                       23. ?               1. Grand Duchess Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia                                         24. Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel               12. Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel                       25. Princess Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst               6. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel                             26. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg               13. Princess Elisabeth Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg                       27. Princess Eleonore of Anhalt-Zerbst               3. Duchess Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg                                   28. Joachim Ernest, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen               14. Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen                       29. Anna Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Gleichen               7. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen                             30. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg               15. Duchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg                       31. Anna Katharina, Wildgraefin and Rheingraefin of Salm-Kyrburg