Tsarevich Alexei Alexeyevich of Russia

Alexei Alexeyevich
Tsarevich of Russia

Anonymous depiction of Alexei.
House House of Romanov
Father Alexis, Tsar of Russia
Mother Maria Miloslavskaya
Born 15 February 1654
Moscow, Tsardom of Russia
Died 17 January 1670 (aged 15)
Moscow, Tsardom of Russia
Burial Cathedral of the Archangel, Moscow

Tsarevich Alexei Alexeyevich (Russian: Алексей Алексеевич, Aleksey Alekseyevich; 15 February 1654 - 17 January 1670) was the second son and heir of Tsar Alexis of Russia and Maria Miloslavskaya, brother of Tsar Feodor III, Tsar Ivan V, and Tsarevna Sophia and half-brother of Tsar Peter the Great.[1] He died at fifteen before he had a chance to succeed to the throne.

References

  1. Hughes, Lindsey (1990). Sophia, Regent of Russia, 1657-1704. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-04790-8.