Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (died 1728)

Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia

Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp from 1725 to 1728

Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia was the eldest daughter of Emperor Peter I of Russia and his wife Empress Catherine I. Her younger sister, Empress Elizabeth, ruled between 1741 and 1762. While a potential heir in the reign of her nephew Peter II, she never acceded to the…