Marfa Alekseyevna of Russia
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Marfa Alekseyevna | |||||
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![]() Tsarevna Marfa Alekseyevna of Russia | |||||
Born | 26 August 1652 | ||||
Died | 19 June 1707 | (aged 54)||||
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House | Romanov | ||||
Father | Alexis of Russia | ||||
Mother | Maria Miloslavskaya |
Tsarevna Marfa Alekseyevna of Russia (Russian: Марфа Алексеевна; 26 August 1652 – 19 June 1707) was a Russian princess, daughter of Tsar Alexis of Russia and Maria Miloslavskaya, sister of Tsar Feodor III of Russia and Tsar Ivan V of Russia and half-sister of Tsar Peter the Great. She participated in the rebellion of her sister Sophia against Tsar Peter in 1698, and was therefore imprisoned in a convent. She is an orthodox saint.
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- Стромилов Н. С. Царевна Марфа, сестра Петра Великого: Историческая биография // Владимирские Губернские ведомости. Часть неофициальная. № 3. 1883. С. 1.