Tsarevna Praskovya Ivanovna of Russia

Praskovya Ivanovna

Portrait of Praskovya Ivanovna by Ivan Nikitich Nikitin
Born (1694-09-24)24 September 1694
Moscow
Died 8 October 1731(1731-10-08) (aged 37)
Saint Petersburg
Burial Peter and Paul Cathedral
Spouse Ivan Ilich Dmitriev-Mamonov
Full name
Praskovya Ioannovna
House Romanov
Father Ivan V of Russia
Mother Praskovia Saltykova
Religion Russian Orthodoxy

Praskovya Ivanovna (1694–1731) was a Russian tsarevna, daughter of Tsar Ivan V of Russia and Praskovia Saltykova. She was the niece of Tsar Peter the Great and the sister of Empress Anna Ivanovna.

Early life

Praskovya's father died in 1696 and she was raised with her sisters, Catherine and Anna, at the estate awarded to her mother by Tsar Peter, Izmailovo in Moscow. She was tutored in literature and the sciences by German teachers. Praskovya was described by the Spanish ambassador in comparison to her sisters as lacking in intelligence, in addition to being very sickly.[1]

Marriage

By the consent of her mother, she was married to a Rurikid noble, Ivan Dmitriev-Mamonov. They had one son.

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