Tsarevna Marfa Alekseyevna of Russia (russian: Марфа Алексеевна; 26 August 1652 – 19 June 1707) was a Russian princess, daughter of Tsar

Alexis of Russia Aleksey Mikhaylovich ( rus, Алексе́й Миха́йлович, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ; – ) was the Tsar of Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676. While finding success in foreign affairs, his reign saw several wars ...

and

Maria Miloslavskaya Maria Ilyinichna Miloslavskaya (, 1 April 1624 – 18 August 1669) was a Russian tsaritsa as the first spouse of tsar Alexis of Russia. She was the mother of tsar Feodor III of Russia, tsar Ivan V of Russia, and the princess regent Sophia Alekse ...

, sister of Tsar

Feodor III of Russia Fyodor III Alekséyevich (in Russian: ''Фёдор III Алексеевич'') or Feodor III Alekséyevich (9 June 1661 – 7 May 1682) was the Tsar of Russia between 1676 and 1682. While disabled and paralyzed from birth, he managed to pass ref ...

and Tsar

Ivan V of Russia Ivan V Alekseyevich (russian: Иван V Алексеевич; – ) was Tsar of Russia between 1682 and 1696, jointly ruling with his younger half-brother Peter I. Ivan was the youngest son of Alexis I of Russia by his first wife, Maria ...

and half-sister of Tsar

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

. 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.

References

* Стромилов Н. С. Царевна Марфа, сестра Петра Великого: Историческая биография // Владимирские Губернские ведомости. Часть неофициальная. № 3. 1883. С. 1. {{DEFAULTSORT:Marfa Alekseyevna 1652 births 1707 deaths Russian tsarevnas House of Romanov Royalty from Moscow 17th-century Russian people 18th-century people from the Russian Empire 17th-century Russian women 18th-century women from the Russian Empire Children of Alexis of Russia