Catherine I of Russia

Empress regnant of Russia

15 April 1684

17 May 1727(1727-05-17) (43) Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

NamesPolish: Marta Helena Skowrońska Russian: Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya Latvian: Marta Skravronska

Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727 Empress regnant of Russia Catherine IPortrait of Catherine by NattierEmpress regnant of RussiaReign8 February 1725 – 17 May 1727Coronation7 May 1724 (crowned as co-reign)PredecessorPeter ISuccessorPeter IIEmpress consort of RussiaTenure22 October 1721 – 8 February 1725Born(1684-04-15 ) 15 April 1684Died17 May 1727(1727-05-17) (aged 43) Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian EmpireBurialPeter and Paul CathedralSpousePeter I of Russia ​ ​(m. 1707; died 1725)​Issue among others ... Anna, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp Elizabeth, Empress of Russia Grand Duchess Natalia Petrovna of Russia HouseSkavronsky (by birth) Romanov (by marriage)FatherSamuel SkowrońskiMotherElisabeth MoritzReligionRussian Orthodox prev. Lutheran and Roman CatholicSignature Catherine I (Russian: Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова , tr. Yekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born Polish: Marta Helena Skowrońska, Russian: Ма́рта Самуи́ловна Скавро́нская , tr. Márta Samuílovna Skavrónskaya; 15 April  1684 – 17 May  1727) was the second wife and Empress consort of Peter the Great, and Empress regnant of Russia from 1725 until her death in 1727.