Eudoxia Lopukhina

Evdokiya Feodorovna Lopukhina (Julian calendar, July 30, 1669 - August 27, 1731)/(Gregorian calendar, August 9, 1669 ? September 7, 1731) was the first Empress consort of Peter I of Russia. They married in 1689 but divorced in 1698. During the marriage the two parented Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich.

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Julian calendar - July 30 - 1669 - August 27 - 1731 - Gregorian calendar - August 9 - September 7 - Empress consort - Peter I of Russia - 1689 - 1698 - Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich

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Eudoxia was born to Feodor Abramovich Lopukhin and Ustinia Bogdanovna Rtishcheva. Like parents of all the 17th century Tsarinas, they did not belong to the highest aristocracy.

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17th century - Tsarina

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She was chosen by Natalia Naryshkina as a bride for her son primarily on account of her mother's relation to the famous boyar Fyodor Rtishchev. She was crowned Tsarina in 1689 and gave birth to Grand Duke Alexei Petrovich of Russia the following year. The tsar, however, could not stand her conservative relatives and soon abandoned her for a Dutch beauty, Anna Mons. Eudoxia's letters to Peter were full of complaints and exhortations of unrequitted love.

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Natalia Naryshkina - Boyar - Fyodor Rtishchev - 1689 - Grand Duke Alexei Petrovich of Russia - Anna Mons

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In 1696, during his prolonged journey to Western Europe, Peter asked his Naryshkin relatives to persuade Eudoxia to enter a monastery. This could not be effected until 1698, when she was finally banished to the Intercession Convent of Suzdal. The local hegumen, however, allowed her to live there much as a lay woman would. She even found herself a lover, an officer named Stepan Glebov, who later would be executed by quartering.

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1696 - Western Europe - Monastery - 1698 - Suzdal - Hegumen - Quartering

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Gradually, Eudoxia and her son became the centre of opposition to Peter's reforms, primarily from the church officials. In his sermons, Demetrius of Rostov referred to Eudoxia as "our great sovereign" and prophesied her impending return to the throne. This conservative party was shattered by Peter in 1718. During the process of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, all the bishops who supported her were executed, and Eudoxia was transferred to a convent in Ladoga.

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Demetrius of Rostov - 1718 - Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia - Ladoga

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After Peter's death and the rise of his second Empress consort Catherine I of Russia on the throne, Eudoxia was secretly moved to Shlisselburg fortress near St Petersburg. In 1727, her grandson Peter II of Russia ascended the Russian throne and immediately recalled her to Moscow. She returned to the former capital with a great pomp and was allowed to keep her own court at the Novodevichy Convent until her death in 1731.

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Catherine I of Russia - Shlisselburg - St Petersburg - 1727 - Peter II of Russia - Moscow - Novodevichy Convent - 1731

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