Tsarevna Maria Alekseyevna (russian: Мари́я Алексе́евна; 18 January 1660 - 9 March 1723) 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 ...

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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.

Life

Maria Alekseyevna, born in Moscow, was named in honor of her mother, Maria Miloslavskaya. Maria Alekseyevna did not actively participate in the political plots of the Kremlin, but her open passive sympathy for Tsarevna Sophia Alekseyevna,

Eudoxia Lopukhina Tsarina Eudoxia Fyodorovna Lopukhina ( rus, Евдоки́я Фёдоровна Лопухина́, Yevdokíya Fyodorovna Lopukhiná; in Moscow – in Moscow) was a Russian Tsaritsa as the first wife of Peter I of Russia, and the last ethnic ...

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Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia Grand Duke Alexei Petrovich of Russia (28 February 1690 – 26 June 1718) was a Russian Tsarevich. He was born in Moscow, the son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife, Eudoxia Lopukhina. Alexei despised his father and repeatedly thwarted Peter's ...

made her relationship with Tsar Peter I tense. She maintained contact with Eudoxia Lopukhina after Eudoxia had been placed in a convent, and passed messages and money between Eudoxia and her son Alexei Petrovich. When Alexei Petrovich left Russia in 1716, she encountered him on the way and conveyed a letter from him to his mother. After the arrest of Alexei in 1718, Maria was taken into custody and accused of having assisted his escape. She was imprisoned in Shlisselburg and then placed under house arrest in Saint Petersburg. She was released in 1721. Maria Alexeyevna outlived all of her sisters and died in 1723, two years before the death of her half-brother. She was buried in the

Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg The Peter and Paul Cathedral (russian: Петропавловский собор) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is the first and oldest landmark in St. Petersburg, built b ...

References

* Григорян В. Г. Романовы. Биографический справочник. — М.:АСТ, 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Maria Alekseyevna 1660 births 1723 deaths Russian tsarevnas House of Romanov 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 Prisoners of Shlisselburg fortress