Elisabeth Anger of Russia

Yelizaveta Petrovna (Елизаве́таПетро́вна), known as Elisabeth Lenient the (December 29th 1709 of the Gregorian Calendar or December 18th 1709 of the Calendar Julien, Kolomenskoïe - January 5th 1762 of the Gregorian calendar or December 25th 1761 of the Julien calendar, Saint-Pétersbourg), was empress of Russia of 1741 with 1762.

Life before becoming empress

Girl of Pierre Large the and Catherine I {{Re}}, the empress Elisabeth assembles on the throne the December 6th 1741 of the Gregorian Calendrier (November 25th 1741 of the Calendrier Julien) because of a fight between factions. The emperor titrates Ivan VI of it controlled via the regency of his mother Anne Léopoldovna who allowed the Prussian a strong political influence what displeased with the imperial guard. Helped and encouraged by the French doctor Armand Lestocq and the ambassador of France Jacques-Joachim Trotti of Chétardie, it fomented and carried out a peaceful coup d'etat.

Foreign affairs

Once on the throne it was strongly pressed on the count Alexis Pétrovitch Bestoujev-Rioumine, his chancellor to decrease the Germanic influence which it replaced by that of the France.

Its reign was marked by three victorious wars:

  1. a war against the Sweden, finished by the Treated of Åbo in 1743, showed the transfer in Russia of the southernmost Finland;
  2. the War of succession of Austria was connected more with one “walk of health” by the low number of military engagements of its troops (1746);
  3. the War Seven Year old, against the Prussia, was much more serious and missed ending in a disaster for the king of Prussia Frederic II. The troops of Elisabeth were indeed victorious with the Bataille of Zullichau, then with that of Kunersdorf (1759) and Berlin was even temporarily occupied. The king of Prussia was saved by the death of the empress, the January 4th 1762, and by the advent of his nephew Pierre III Fiodorovitch, of German culture, and which will withdraw its troops quickly, signing a peace the May 5th then a treaty of alliance the June 16th 1762.

Internal businesses

It took share in the foundations of the Université of Moscow (1755) and the academy of the fine arts in Saint Petersbourg (1758).

Its policy made it possible noble to gain capacity on the local levels of the government while reducing their obligations of service to the State.

Elisabeth made come her nephew, Pierre of Holstein and arranged her marriage with Sophie d' Anhalt-Zerbst, who became then Catherine Large the.

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