# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-of-russia
# Generated: 2026-09-07T01:37:43.712Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-of-russia"
name: "Elizabeth of Russia"
slug: "elizabeth-of-russia"
description: "She took the throne in a coup and held it for two decades without ordering a single execution — a record that made her the most beloved of Russia's Romanovs. Elizabeth Petrovna turned the court into one of Europe's grandest stages, bankrolled Baroque palaces that still define Saint Petersburg, and died just as her armies had Frederick the Great backed into a"
tagline: "The sixth Emperor of Russia (1741–1762)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabeth_of_Russia_by_V.Eriksen.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1709-12-18"
deathDate: "1761-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           63.23
  momentum:             0.1585306811977874
  historical:           26.21691466666667
  currentAttention:     5.571428571428572
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 234
tags:
  - name: "Politicians"
    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Historical Figure"
    slug: "historical-figure"
  - name: "Royalty"
    slug: "royalty"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Early Modern Era"
    slug: "early-modern-era"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130752"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Russia"
    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Elizabeth%20of%20Russia"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "إليزابيث إمبراطورة روسيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "اليزابيث امبراطوره روسيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_I_de_Rusia"
    title: "Isabel I de Rusia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA"
    title: "امپراتریس الیزابت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelizaveta_Petrovna"
    title: "Yelizaveta Petrovna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Елизавета Петровна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%9E%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Лізавета Пятроўна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%9E%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Лізавета Пятроўна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F)"
    title: "Елисавета (Русия)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elesbed_Ia%C3%B1_(Rusia)"
    title: "Elesbed Iañ (Rusia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeta%2C_carica_Rusije"
    title: "Elizabeta, carica Rusije"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabet_I_de_R%C3%BAssia"
    title: "Elisabet I de Rússia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8E%D8%AA%DB%8C_%DA%95%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "ئەلیزابێتی ڕووسیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C5%BEb%C4%9Bta_Petrovna"
    title: "Alžběta Petrovna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Елизавета Петровна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth%2C_tsarina_Rwsia"
    title: "Elisabeth, tsarina Rwsia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_af_Rusland"
    title: "Elisabeth af Rusland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_(Russland)"
    title: "Elisabeth (Russland)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%AC%CE%B2%CE%B5%CF%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A1%CF%89%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Ελισάβετ της Ρωσίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeto_(Rusio)"
    title: "Elizabeto (Rusio)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_I_de_Rusia"
    title: "Isabel I de Rusia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabet"
    title: "Elisabet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elisabetta_di_Russia"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_van_Rusland"
    title: "Elisabeth van Rusland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_I_de_Rusia"
    title: "Isabel I de Rusia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  The second daughter of Peter the Great, Elizabeth watched the throne ricochet through a parade of relatives after her father's death in 1725: her mother Catherine I, her nephew Peter II, her cousin Anna, then an infant great-nephew. In 1741, with the military behind her, she seized power and named her own nephew heir. Her reign became Russia's Enlightenment moment — she backed Lomonosov's founding of the University of Moscow, commissioned the Imperial Academy of Arts, and poured fortunes into Bartolomeo Rastrelli's Baroque monuments, including the Winter Palace and Smolny Cathedral. She steered Russia through the War of Austrian Succession by allying with Austria and France, then led the Seven Years' War against Prussia, where her troops took Berlin and had Frederick the Great nearly ready to surrender. She died in January 1762, ending the last purely Romanov rule — her nephew's line would carry a different house name forward.