Natalia Naryshkina

Her appearance at court gave life to the party - too much, as it turns out!
AKA
Ната́лья Кири́лловна Нары́шкина
Born
1651
Died
1694
Portrait Year
1672
Portrait Age
21

Tsar Alexis married a second time when he was in his forties. His choice was the teenage Natalia. She was a lively, entertaining, young woman who bore the Tsar two children. Unfortunately her giddy presence proved too much for her middle aged husband and he had a stroke. Alexis’ death left sons from two widows to fight over succession

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Region
Russia