Eudoxia Lopukhina
(1669-1731)
BIRTH
July 9, 1669
PLACE
Moscow, Russia
NAME
Praskovia Illarionovna Lopukhina
DEATH
August 27, 1731
PLACE
Moscow, Russia
FAMILY
HOMES
NICKNAMES
Dunka
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
CHRISTIAN
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX
MEMBERSHIPS
SUZDAL INTERCESSION CONVENT NUN
AWARDS
Eudoxia Lopukhina was the first wife of Peter the Great and mother of Tsarevich Alexei, and she spent most of her life confined in convents after Peter put her aside in 1698. Eudoxia married Peter on February 6, 1689. She continued to live there without strict observance of monastic life. Glebov was executed, and she was transferred to a harsher confinement at Ladoga and later at Shlisselburg Fortress. She died in Moscow on August 27, 1731.
EARLY LIFE
Eudoxia Fyodorovna Lopukhina was born in 1669 into a family of the Muscovite service nobility, the daughter of Fyodor Lopukhin, a court official. She was raised in the traditional seclusion of the Russian noble household of the time. In 1689 Peter's mother, Natalya Naryshkina, chose her as a bride for the sixteen-year-old tsar, hoping that marriage would settle him and strengthen the Naryshkin faction at court. Eudoxia married Peter on February 6, 1689. Their son Alexei was born in 1690, and two more sons, Alexander and Paul, died in infancy. Peter soon grew bored with his conservative wife and spent little time with her.
In 1698, after returning from his Grand Embassy to Western Europe, Peter forced Eudoxia to enter the Intercession Convent in Suzdal, where she became a nun under the name Elena. She continued to live there without strict observance of monastic life.
In 1718, during the investigation of Tsarevich Alexei, Eudoxia's relationship with an army officer, Stepan Glebov, was discovered. Glebov was executed, and she was transferred to a harsher confinement at Ladoga and later at Shlisselburg Fortress.
When her grandson became emperor as Peter II in 1727, she was released and allowed to live in Moscow with honors. She died in Moscow on August 27, 1731.
CAREER
DEATH
In 1718, during the investigation of Tsarevich Alexei, Eudoxia's relationship with an army officer, Stepan Glebov, was discovered. When her grandson became emperor as Peter II in 1727, she was released and allowed to live in Moscow with honors. In 1698, after returning from his Grand Embassy to Western Europe, Peter forced Eudoxia to enter the Intercession Convent in Suzdal, where she became a nun under the name Elena. Eudoxia Lopukhina was the first wife of Peter the Great and mother of Tsarevich Alexei, and she spent most of her life confined in convents after Peter put her aside in 1698. Eudoxia married Peter on February 6, 1689. She continued to live there without strict observance of monastic life. Glebov was executed, and she was transferred to a harsher confinement at Ladoga and later at Shlisselburg Fortress. She died in Moscow on August 27, 1731. The main event and its setting are better documented than the precise final moments. Exact last words and private exchanges are not consistently preserved, so those details remain uncertain.
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
Eudoxia Lopukhina was the first wife of Peter the Great and mother of Tsarevich Alexei, and she spent most of her life confined in convents after Peter put her aside in 1698. Editorial selections prioritize biographical coverage; five standalone biographies were not established. Family and collective biographies, primary writings, references and related studies are labelled individually. Multi-volume works and series are counted as one selection.
1. Peter the Great: His Life and World — Robert K. Massie. [Related biography of her husband] Find on Amazon
2. Peter the Great: A Biography — Lindsey Hughes. [Related biography of her husband] Find on Amazon
3. Peter the Great — Derek Wilson. [Related biography of her husband] Find on Amazon
4. Russia in the Age of Peter the Great — Lindsey Hughes. [Related political and biographical history] Find on Amazon
5. Women Rulers Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide — Guida M. Jackson. [Biographical reference] Find on Amazon
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