Peter II of Russia

Also known as Peter II Alexeyevich, Pedro II Alexéievich

Emperor of Russia (1715-1730)

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Peter II of Russia was a young emperor who ruled Russia from 1715 to 1730, becoming tsar at just 11 years old following the death of his great-grandfather Peter the Great. His brief and troubled reign is historically significant because it marked a period of instability in Russian leadership during which the country's governmental power shifted between competing noble factions rather than remaining firmly in the hands of the ruler.

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Peter II Alexeyevich (23 October 1715 – 30 January 1730) was Emperor of Russia from 1727 until 1730, when he died at the age of 14. He was the only son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After Catherine I's death, Alexander Menshikov controlled Peter II, but was thwarted by his opponents and exiled by Peter. Peter was also influenced by favorites like Prince Aleksey Dolgorukov, leading to a neglect of state affairs and the tightening of serfdom. Peter's reign was marked by disengagement, disorder, and indulgence. He was engaged to Ekaterina Dolgorukova, but died suddenly of smallpox before the marriage, thus making him the last male agnatic member of the House of Romanov.