Charlotte Cristina

Charlotte Cristina is king of Poland August the Second Grew up in the court of Auguste II's wife Brandenburg - Bayreuth Christiana Eberhardin is a distant relative and her godmother. At that time, she received a good education. At the end of 1709, the Russian Tsar Peter I Will his son Alexei Petrovich Send to Dresden Finish school. There, he met Charlotte for the first time. To Tsar Peter, she seemed to be a good object for his son because of her older sister Elizabeth Christina Married to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI And Austria's support in the coming battle with the Turks was appreciated by Russian diplomats. ^[1]

On October 25, 1711, Charlotte Cristina died Torgau Married Peter I of Russia with his first wife Evdokia Feodorovna Lopkhina The eldest son and heir Alexei Petrovich . She was allowed to keep hers Lutheranism Faith, but any children will be raised as Russian Orthodox. The marriage is the second to break with the old tradition of the Russian royal family marrying only members of the Russian aristocracy Anna Ivanovna Married the previous year to Frederick William, Duke of Courland. In 1713, she came to Russia. ^[1]

Charlotte enjoyed the favour of Tsar Peter the Great, but lived a secluded life in her own court, which was made up almost entirely of foreigners and led by her eldest cousin Princess Julianna Louise von Ostfriesland. At first, her marriage to Alexei was happy, but his drinking soon began to strain their relationship. Peter often took his son to war activities, further isolating Charlotte. In the early weeks of their marriage, Peter had ordered her to return to Petersburg without him and his son, but she had already run back to her father's palace. Peter retrieves her, but instead of showing anger, placates her and tells her that she can visit her family anytime, but must tell him in the future. Alexei also had a public relationship with Avsinia, which began during Charlotte's short life and continued after her death. Charlotte had daughter Natalia and son, the later Tsar of Russia Peter II I got some comfort in my birth. She died a month after her son was born. Both her daughter and son died young and had no offspring. ^[1]