#Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia

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Tsarevna Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia (22 August 1673 – 18 June 1716) was a Russian playwright. She was the elder daughter of Tsar Alexis and his second wife, Natalia Naryshkina, and the sister of Peter the Great.

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1720s Presumably Grand Duchess Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia attributed to Pietro Rotari (auctioned by Sotheby's). From tumblr.com/lenkaastrelenkaa 897X1175 @72 278kj.

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Grand Duchess Natalya Alexeyevna, the only granddaughter of Peter the Great, was born 21st July (O.S.) 1714 in Saint Petersburg, Kingdom of Russia. She was the older sister of Emperor Peter II. Through her mother, she was a first cousin of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfwnbüttel. While through her father, she was the first cousin of Peter III of Russia.

Natalya and her brother Peter, grew up as a “periphery” of the Romanov family. Their grandfather had no interest in the children of his ‘treacherous’ son and heir. It was only after the death of their father that she and her brother were moved to the Russian court in 1719, where they were raised under the supervision of Anna Ivanovna Kramer.

In 1727, her brother ascended the throne as Emperor of Russia, and therefore, she became the heir to the throne after her aunts, Elizabeth Petrovna and Anna Ivanovna. She became a center of attention, and Menshikov wished to have her marry his son Prince Alexander Menshikov.

According to the Spanish ambassador, Duke de Liria, she was ugly, although well-built; but virtue replaced beauty in her. She was intelligent, kind, and was considered as a good influence on her brother, who was close to her. She died of consumption at the age of 14 in Moscow, Russian Empire. Her own brother died two years later in 1730, at the same age as Natalya. In his delirium, minutes before he died, he ordered horses so that he could go see his recently deceased sister Natalya.

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 Tsarinas Consorts of the Romanov House.

Maria Vladimirovna - Maria was born in 1601 and was the first wife of Tsar Michael I. She was selected for marriage to Michael by his mother, Xenia Shestova, after several years of difficulty of finding a partner for the Tsar.  The wedding took place on 19 September 1624. Not long after the wedding, the Tsarina took ill. She died on 17 January 1625, four months after the wedding. There were rumors at the time that she had been poisoned by fractions at court determined to prevent any potential pro-Rurikid influence, or by the enemies of her father’s family.

Eudoxia Lukyanovna - Eudoxia was born in 1608 and was the second wife of Tsar Michael I. She was among those daughters of the nobility summoned to appear in the Bride-show at court, when the tsar was to select his new tsaritsa, after his first spouse had died. He eventually chose Eudoxia because of her beauty, polite behavior and mild disposition. She was described as a modest and virtuous girl, dominated by her proud relatives, who sometimes brought her to tears but still did not complain. The wedding was conducted on 5 February 1626. After the wedding, she was given several lands, and a substantial fortune of her own. Eudoxia and Michael became parents of 10 children, including the future Tsar Alexei I.

Maria Ilyinichna - Maria was born in 1624 and was the first wife of Tsar Alexei I. The tsar was to choose his bride from a bride-show of hundreds of daughters of the nobility, Maria was selected as the tsar's second choice after his first choice to marry Euphemia Fedorovna Vsevolozhskaya was annuled. Maria was reportedly a beauty. The wedding was conducted in 16 January 1648 in Moscow and the union is described as a happy one. The couple had 13 children, including  Tsar Feodor III of Russia, Tsar Ivan V of Russia, and the Princess Regent Sophia Alekseyevna.

Natalya Kirillovna - Natalya was born in 1651 and was the second wife of Tsar Alexei I. In March 1669, Tsar Alexis’ first wife, Tsarina Maria, died during the birth of what would have been their fourteenth child. The Tsar supported by the Russian public, although not by the family of Maria, decided to remarry in the hope of producing more potential heirs. The tsar arranged an inspection of women he considered eligible in early 1670, Natalya was added to this inspection following an encounter with the tsar at the home of her adoptive father, Artamon Matveyev. Alexis was impressed by Natalya's beauty, and selected her to be his bride without needing to go ahead with a planned second inspection. The couple married on 1 February 1671. Alexis and Natalya had a happy marriage, spending much of their time together in various palaces and villas around Moscow. The couple became parents of the future Tsar Peter the Great.

Agafiya Semyonovna - Agafiya was born in 1663 and was the first wife of Tsar Feodor III. In 1680, Tsar Feodor, saw her during a religious procession: when she fainted after the sight of a witch in a religious theater play he rushed forward to support her, and fell in love with her. Aware that her uncle did not wish her to marry, a traditional summon was proclaimed to all unmarried noble women to gather for Feodor to choose from, and he chose her. On 18 July 1680, she married Feodor. Agafya has been described as merciful and loyal to her husband and the public's welfare.  She could speak and write Polish, French and Latin and was well informed about the Western European life style. She could also play harpsichord. She was described as beautiful as "an angel of heaven", with an easy going character. She was the first to advocate beard-shaving and the adoption of Western clothes at the Russian court. She herself was the first Tsarina to expose her hair and to wear a Western (Polish) dress. Agafya died as a consequence of the childbirth, and six days later, the nine-days-old Tsarevich Ilya also died. She was reportedly deeply mourned by Feodor.

Marfa Matveyevna - Marfa was born in 1664 and was the second wife of Tsar Feodor III. She was the daughter of Matvey Vasilyevich Apraksin and Domna Bogdanovna Lovchikova. She and Feodor were married on 14 February 1682, and he died only a few months later in April.

Praskovya Fyodorovna - Praskovya was born in 1664 and was the only wife of Tsar Ivan V. The marriage of Ivan V was arranged by his sister, the regent Sophia. Ivan V himself reportedly showed no inclination toward marriage and according to the Swedish diplomat Hildebrandt Horn, Praskovia was not willing to marry Ivan, but was forced to consent. The wedding took place on 9 January 1684, with the Patriarch John officiating as the ceremony. Praskovia Saltykova was at the time of her marriage described as a healthy Russian beauty, tall, with a full figure and long thick hair, as a person, she was described as religious, superstitious and not very well educated. Praskovya and Ivan had five daughters including Empress Anna of Russia.

Eudoxia Feodorovna - Eudoxia was born on 1669 and was the first wife of Tsar Peter I (the Great). She was chosen as a bride for the Tsar by his mother Natalya. She was crowned Tsarina in 1689. The Tsar could not stand her conservative relatives and soon abandoned her for a Dutch beauty, Anna Mons. Eudoxia's letters to Peter were full of complaints and exhortations of unrequited love. She was the paternal grandmother of Peter II of Russia.

Catherine Alexeyevna - Catherine was born on 1684 and was the second wife of Tsar Peter I (the Great). She was originally named Marta Helena Skowrońska, In 1705,she converted to Orthodoxy and took the new name of Catherine Alexeyevna. Afterwards she became part of the household of Prince Alexander Menshikov, who was the best friend of Peter the Great of Russia. Anecdotal sources suggest that she was purchased by him. In 1704, she was well established in the Tsar's household as his mistress, and gave birth to a son, Peter. Though no record exists, Catherine and Peter are described as having married secretly in St. Petersburg in 1707. Peter married her again (this time officially) at Saint Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg in 1712; she took the style of her husband and became Tsarina. They had 12 children. Peter died on 1725 without name a successor and Catherine was chosen as Empress Regnant.

Catherine Alekseyevna - Catherine was born in Prussia as Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst on 1729 and was the only wife of Tsar Peter III. The choice of Sophie as wife of her second cousin, the prospective Tsar Peter, resulted from some amount of diplomatic management in which Count Lestocq, Peter's aunt (and the ruling Russian Empress) Elizabeth and Frederick II of Prussia took part. Lestocq and Frederick wanted to strengthen the friendship between Prussia and Russia to weaken Austria's influence and ruin the Russian chancellor Bestuzhev, on whom Empress Elizabeth relied, and who acted as a known partisan of Russo-Austrian co-operation. The diplomatic intrigue failed, largely due to the intervention of Sophie's mother, Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp. Historical accounts portray Johanna as a cold, abusive woman who loved gossip and court intrigues. Despite Johanna's interference, Empress Elizabeth took a strong liking to Catherine, who, on arrival in Russia in 1744 spared no effort to ingratiate herself not only with Empress Elizabeth, but with her husband and with the Russian people as well. The long-planned dynastic marriage finally occurred on 21 August 1745 in Saint Petersburg. Sophie had turned 16; The newlyweds settled in the palace of Oranienbaum, which remained the residence of the "young court" for many years to come. In 1762 Peter died and Catherine took the throne as Catherine II. Peter and Catherine were parents of Tsar Paul I.

Maria Feodorovna - Maria was born in Prussia as Duchess Sophie Dorothea on 1759 and was the second wife of Tsar Paul I. In 1776, when Grand Duke Paul (the future Paul I of Russia), became a widower, Sophie Dorothea was chosen by Frederick II of Prussia, her maternal great uncle, and by Empress Catherine II of Russia, as the ideal candidate to be Paul’s second wife. They met in a state dinner in Berlin and their engagement was quickly arranged.Sophie Dorothea arrived in St Petersburg that September, converted to the Russian Orthodox Church, and took the name Maria Feodorovna. She married Paul on 26 September 1776. In spite of her husband's difficult character, Maria Feodorovna made a success of her marriage. Paul and Maria lived at Gatchina. They were devoted to each other and had ten children including: Tsar Alexander I, Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Queen Catherine of Wurttemberg and Queen Anna of the Netherlands.

Elizabeth Alexeievna - Elizabeth was born on 1779 in Germany as Princess Louise Maria Auguste of Baden and was the only wife of Tsar Alexander I. Catherine the Great was looking for a bride for her eldest grandson, the future Alexander I, and set her eyes on the Princesses of Baden, so Catherine invited Princess Louise and her younger sister Frederica, who later became Queen of Sweden, to Russia. In the autumn of 1792, the two sisters arrived in St. Petersburg. The Empress was delighted by Louise, finding her a model of beauty, charm, and honesty. Louise herself was attracted to Alexander, who was handsome. At first, Alexander was shy with his future bride — very young and inexperienced, however, the young couple soon grew fond of each other. The Princess learned Russian and converted to the Orthodox Church. The wedding took place on 28 September 1793. "It was a marriage between Psyche and Cupid", Catherine wrote to the Prince of Ligne. Elizabeth was only fourteen, her husband a year older.

Alexandra Feodorovna - Alexandra was born in Berlim as Princess  Friederike Luise Charlotte Wilhelmine of Prussia on 1798 and was the only wife of Tsar Nicholas I. In 1814, Nicholas Pavlovich, future Tsar of Russia, and his brother Michael Pavlovich, visited Berlin. Arrangements were made for Nicholas to marry Charlotte, then fifteen years old, to strengthen the alliance between Russia and Prussia. On a second visit the following year, Nicholas fell in love with the then-seventeen-year-old Princess Charlotte. The feeling was mutual, "I like him and am sure of being happy with him." She wrote to her brother. On June 1817 Charlotte came to Russia with her brother William. After arriving in St. Petersburg she converted to Russian Orthodoxy, and took the Russian name "Alexandra Feodorovna". On her nineteenth birthday, on July 1817, she and Nicholas were married in the Grand Church of the Winter Palace. The couple had 7 children including Tsar Alexander II.

Maria Alexandrovna - Maria was born as Princess Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie of Hesse and by Rhine on 1824 and was the first wife of Tsar Alexander II. In 1839, the Tsarevich Alexander, traveled to western Europe to complete his education and to search for a wife. He  stopped for one day in Darmstadt during the evening, invited to the Opera house by the Grand Duke of Hesse, Alexander was introduced to Princess Marie. Alexander was smitten by her. In June of 1939, he returned to Darmstadt to seal his engagement with Princess Marie. The Princess was received into the Russian Orthodox Church on December 1840 and became Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna. The wedding took place on 28 April, 1841. The couple had 8 children including Tsar Alexander III.

Maria Feodorovna - Maria was born on 1847 at Denmark as Princess Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar and was the only wife of Tsar Alexander III. In 1864, Tsarevich Nicholas went to Denmark where he was betrothed to Dagmar. On April 1865 he died from meningitis. His last wish was that Dagmar would marry his younger brother, the future Alexander III. Dagmar was distraught after her young fiancé's death. The disaster had brought her very close to "Nicholas’" parents, and she received a letter from Alexander II in which the Emperor attempted to console her. In June 1866, while on a visit to Copenhagen, the Tsarevich Alexander asked Dagmar for her hand. They had been in her room looking over photographs together. She converted to Orthodoxy and became Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna. The wedding took place on November 1866 in the Imperial Chapel of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. The couple had 6 children including Tsar Nicholas II.

Alexandra Feodorovna - Alexandra was born on 1872 in Darmstadt as Princess Alix Viktoria Helene Luise Beatrix of Hesse and by Rhine and was the only wife of Tsar Nicholas II. Nicholas and Alix had first met in 1884 at the wedding of Nicholas's Uncle Sergei and Alix's sister Elisabeth in St. Petersburg. When Alix returned to Russia on a several week visit in 1889, the two young people fell in love. Initially Nicholas's father, Tsar Alexander III, refused the prospect of their marriage. Alexander and his wife were both vehemently anti-German, and did not want the match with Princess Alix. While in good health, Alexander III ignored his son's demands, but began to relent when his health began to fail. In 1894 Nicholas proposed to Alix. She initially rejected him on the grounds of her refusal to convert to Orthodoxy. However, after pressure from the Kaiser, who had told her that it was her duty to marry Nicholas she accepted his second proposal. Alexandra and Nicholas were wed in the Grand Church of the Winter Palace of St Petersburg on 26 November 1894. The marriage that began that night remained exceptionally close until the pair was assassinated in 1918. The marriage was outwardly serene and proper, but based on intensely passionate physical love.

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Tatyana Turgeneva

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Tatyana Alexeyevna Turgeneva (1890–1966)—first married to S.M. Solovyov [poet & Greek Catholic priest], niece of Olenina-d’Alheim; second marriage to Gury Gesplovich Ametirov. The Turgenev sisters, Natalya, Anna (Asya) and Tatyana had been friends of the d’Alheims in Russia and during their residence abroad. Tatyana and artist Anna (Asya) and her husband Andrei Bely visited the d’Alheims near Fontainebleau [Paris, France] in 1912, while Bely was at work on the novel Petersburg.

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JAILER’S DAUGHTER I have forgot it quite. The burden on ’t was “down-a down-a,” and penned by no worse man than Geraldo, Emilia’s schoolmaster. He’s as fantastical, too, as ever he may go upon ’s legs, for in the next world will Dido see Palamon, and then will she be out of love with Aeneas.

—Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen [4.3]

Natalia, Asya (Anna) & Tatyana Turgeneva

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basics

name: Natalya Alexeyevna Orlova

nicknames: Natasha, Tasha, Tash, Tashyenka

gender: Female

ethnicity/nationality: Russian/American

date of birth: December 17, 1990

current age: 26

hometown: Moscow, Russia

current location: New York, NY

sexual orientation: Heterosexual

religion: Russian Orthodox

living arrangements: Lives alone in an apartment, as of recently

language(s) spoken: Russian, English, French, understands Ukranian and Belarusian

financial position: She isn’t rich per se, but doesn’t need to worry about every dollar she spends

physical appearance

fc: Lily James

height: 5′ 7′’

weight: 121 lbs

build: Slim, elegantly muscular

eye color: Dark brown

glasses/contacts: /

hair color: Light brown, with natural highlights; becomes lighter in the sun

hair length/style: Shoulder length, and wavy (x); wears it down as often as she can, which isn’t much

distinguishing marks: Pierced ears

clothing style: Flowy dresses, pastels, and florals. Her style is mostly soft and romantic, though she is trying to do different things as of late.

jewelry/accessories: A cross pendant around her neck, and golden earrings

family/relationships

mother’s name: Yekaterina Rostova Orlova

father’s name: Alexey Orlov

sibling’s names: Dmitriy Orlov, older brother

relationship with family: A domineering father, an obedient mother, and a brother who only looked to get as far away from them as possible made Tasha grow up miserably, where she was controlled and manipulated to make everyone’s wishes true, but her own. She broke away recently, and she’s only talked to her mother a few times since.

relationship status: In a relationship

significant other: Jeremiah Carlisle

children: /

pets: A black Great Dane named Baron that her family owns

school/work

highest education: Bachelor’s degree

university & major: Indiana University

current occupation: Ballet dancer for the American Ballet Theatre

personality

label: The Caged Bird

positive traits: Optimistic, idealistic, passionate, hard-working, loyal, affectionate, fair-minded

negative traits: Reserved, self-conscious, shy, cowardly, self-critical, weak-willed, scatter-brained

goals/desires: To become her own person, and stop trying to please other people

fears: Never living up to the ballet legend her grandmother was, making a fool of herself on stage in front of an audience, having to go back and live with her family again

hobbies: Jogging, re-watching her favorite movies and rereading her favorite books, playing the piano

pet peeves: People stepping on her toes, men like her father who think they are entitled to make decisions on women’s behalf, people who don’t respect personal space, forgetting her things at the theater (which happens too often)

health/habits

allergies: Penicillin

sleeping habits: She’s usually in bed before midnight, and up by 7AM. Very much a morning person

eating habits: Eats healthy, but doesn’t know how to cook so it’s been a bit of a problem lately

exercise habits: Her job is exercise, so she does it regularly, only taking breaks when they have their time off

spending habits: Didn’t have absolute control over her finances before, so she didn’t spend much; now, with no one to answer to, her spending habits have kind of escalated. She’s like a kid in a candy store with no supervision: she is getting things she may never need just because she can now.

nervous habits: Touching her hair constantly, looking down when embarrassed/afraid, playing with her cross pendant 

alcohol/drugs: Consumes alcohol rarely, has never done drugs

addictions: /

speech patterns: Tends to go on a tangent, and talk too much in excitement. Uses a lot of interjections

sociability: Loves socializing and talking to other people, but will rarely make the first step, as she doesn’t want to bore people, but is always interested in meeting them and learning about their stories

favorites

season: Winter

color: Gold

music: Classical

movies: Disney, the old classics

tv shows: Doesn’t watch a lot of TV

book: War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy

sport: Ballet, ice skating

beverage: Apple cider

food: The Russian pirog, anything with mushrooms

animal: Swan

misc.

zodiac sign: Sagittarius

mbti: INFP

moral alignment: Lawful good

temperament: Melancholic

hogwarts house: Hufflepuff

primary vice: Envy

primary virtue: Chastity

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Не оставляй меня одного!

Peter II and his sister Natalya in Елизавета | Elizaveta | Elizabeth (2022)

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Натальюшка! Наталья! Наталья, ну чем тревога твоя вызвана?

Ivan Borisov & Valentina Lyapina as Ivan Alekseyevich Dolgorukov & Natalya Alexeyevna Romanova in Елизавета | Elizaveta | Elizabeth (2022)

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Grand Duchess Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia (21 July 1714 – 22 November 1728) was a Russian Grand Duchess. She was the elder sister of Emperor Peter II of Russia, a maternal first cousin of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa I, and Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. She was also a paternal first cousin of Peter III of Russia.