biography
| name: |
Alexis
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in full Alexey Petrovitch
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pronunciation:
[aleksis]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1690–1718)
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| biography:
| Prince, born in Moscow, Russia, the eldest son of Peter I. Having opposed the tsar's reforms, he was excluded from the succession, and escaped to Vienna, and thence to Naples. Induced to return to Russia, he was condemned to death, then pardoned, but died in prison a few days after. His son became tsar as Peter II (r.1727–30). |
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