Peter III of Russia

Peter III was emperor of Russia for six months in 1762. He was born in Kiel as Karl Peter Ulrich, the only child of Charles Frederick, Duke of HolsteinGottorp and Anna Petrovna, the elder surviving daughter of Peter the Great. The German Peter could hardly speak Russian and pursued a strongly proPrussian policy, which made him an unpopular leader. He was deposed and possibly assassinated as a result of a conspiracy led by his German wife Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste von AnhaltZerbstDornburg, who succeeded him to the throne as Catherine II. His death could also have been the result of a drunken brawl with his bodyguard when he was being held captive after Catherines coup.

Peter was born in Kiel, in the duchy of HolsteinGottorp. His parents were Charles Frederick, Duke of HolsteinGottorp , and Anna Petrovna . His mother died three months after his birth. In 1739, Peters father died, and he became Duke of HolsteinGottorp as Charles Peter Ulrich .

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