Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna Of Russia
Anna Leopoldovna of Russia (А́нна Леопо́льдовна) (18 December 1718 – 19 March 1746), also known as Anna Karlovna (А́нна Ка́рловна), regent of Russia for a few months (1740–1741) during the minority of her baby son Ivan. She was the daughter of Tsarevna Catherine of Russia (sister of Empress Anna) and of Charles Leopold, the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and born as Elisabeth Katharina Christine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
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