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Peter II 1715-30
Tsar of Russia

The grandson of Peter I, the Great, and the son of the Tsarevich Alexis (1690-1718), he was born in St Petersburg, and succeeded to the throne in 1727 on the death of his step-grandmother, Catherine I. He died of smallpox on the day designated for his wedding. He was succeeded by the Empress Anna Ivanovna, daughter of Peter the Great's half-brother and co-tsar, Ivan V.