Catherine I of Russia

Names
	Polish: Marta Helena Skowrońska; Russian: Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya; Russian: Ekaterína Alekséyevna Mikháylova; Latvian: Marta Skravronska

Catherine I
Catherine I
	1717 portrait
Empress of Russia
Reign	8 February 1725 – 17 May 1727
Coronation	7 May 1724
Predecessor	Peter I
Successor	Peter II
Empress consort of Russia
Tenure	2 November 1721 – 8 February 1725
Tsaritsa consort of Russia
Tenure	9 February 1712 – 2 November 1721
Successor	Herself as Empress consort of Russia
Born	Marta Helena Samuilovna Skavronskaya; 15 April 1684
Died	17 May 1727 (aged 43); Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Burial	Peter and Paul Cathedral
Spouse	Johan Cruse (m. 1702; died 1702); Peter I of Russia (m. 1707; died 1725)
Issue; among others	Anna, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp; Elizabeth, Empress of Russia; Peter Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia; Grand Duchess Natalia Petrovna of Russia;
Names
Names
	Polish: Marta Helena Skowrońska; Russian: Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya; Russian: Ekaterína Alekséyevna Mikháylova; Latvian: Marta Skravronska
House	Romanov (by marriage); Skavronsky (by birth)
Father	Samuel Skowroński
Mother	Elisabeth Moritz
Religion	Russian Orthodox; prev. Lutheran and Roman Catholic
Signature

Catherine I (born Marta Helena Skowrońska; Russian: Екатерина Алексеевна Михайлова; 15 April 1684 - 17 May 1727) was Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727. She was previously empress consort of Russia from 1721 to 1725 as the second wife of Peter the Great, and tsaritsa consort from 1712 to 1721.