Ivan VI of Russia
✶August 23, 1740
†July 16, 1764
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✶August 23, 1740
†July 16, 1764
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Ivan VI Antonovich, also known as Ioann Antonovich, was Emperor of Russia from October 1740 until he was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna in December 1741. He was only two months old when he was proclaimed emperor and his mother, Anna Leopoldovna, named regent, but the throne was seized in a coup after little more than a year. Ivan and his parents were imprisoned far from the capital, and lived out their lives in captivity.
The fifth Emperor of Russia (1740–1741)
Biography from the article Ivan VI of Russia on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.