Anton Ulrich Biography

Born on August 17 on August on August 17 in Beverna the Duchy of Braunschweig -Wolfenbuttel - died on May 4 on May 15 in Kholmogory Arkhangelsk district, Arkhangelogorod province, and the Russian Empire. Duke of Browsweig-Bevern-Lunburgh. Generalissimo of the Russian troops on November 11 - December 6, the father of Emperor Ivan VI Antonovich. Anton Ulrich was born 17 28 in the new style of Augustus in Bevern Duchy of Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel.

Ferdinand albrecht II. Shortly before his death, he was inherited from his father-in-law and cousin Duke Ludwig Rudolf Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttelian all the principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbittel and handed over to Bevern Ernst Ferdinand. Mother - Antoinette Amalia Braunschweig -Wolfenbutteli him. Uncle - Friedrich II Great Him. Anton Ulrich was short, with the wife -like features of his face, stuttered.

It was considered a very limited person, while he was modest, he had a soft and suppressed character. Elisabeth Katharina Christine, Prinzessin von Mecklenburg-Schwerin; , from the Mecklenburg House, the granddaughter of Ivan V, the ruler of the regent of the Russian Empire from November 9 to November 25 with the young emperor Ivan VI. This marriage was arranged by Empress Anna Ioannovna, Aunt Anna Leopoldovna.

Under the influence of the Austrian court, she opted for Anton, who arrived in Russia in early June by a very young man. He was introduced to Anna. The latter from the first glance disliked her fiancé. Married were combined on July 14. Later they had children: - Catherine on July 26, August 6 - April 9, April 9; - Elizabeth on September 16 - 9 October 20; - Peter on March 19 - 19 January 30; - Alexey on February 27 March 10 - 12 October 23, the first daughter was born before the link on July 26, the second in Dinamyund, and the Princes Peter and Alexei were born already in Kholmogory.

The birth of the latter cost Anna of life - on February 28, after birth, she died of maternity leaves. At the insistence of Biron and Bestuzhev, she declared Ivan Antonovich the heir to the throne, and Biron - a regent. Prince Anton Ulrich was very dissatisfied with this testament, he wanted to change the decision on the regency, but there was not the courage and skill to take advantage of the favorable minute.

He turned to Osterman, Keyserling for advice, but they restrained him, although they did not condemn him. At the same time, but in addition to all the participation of Prince Anton Ulrich, there was fermentation in the guard directed against Biron.

The conspiracy was open, the leadership of the movements - the secretary of Yakovlev, officer Pustoshkin and their comrades - were punished with a whip, and Prince Anton Ulrich, who also turned out to be compromised, was invited to the Extraordinary Assembly of Cabinets, Senators and the General. After that, he was forced to sign a request for dismissal from his posts: Lieutenant Colonel Semenovsky and Colonel of the Kirasir Braunschweig regiments, and he was completely eliminated from the board.

Biron treated the emperor’s parents dismissively, openly insulted them and even threatened to take away the young emperor from his mother and then send Anton Ulrich and his wife from Russia. The rumor about this forced Anna Leopoldovna to decide on a desperate step. She turned to Field Marshal Minikh for help, and the last November 8 of the year laid a quick end to Biron's domination.

All this, apparently, happened in addition to all the participation and knowledge of Prince Anton Ulrich. The regency passed to Anna Leopoldovna, while Anton Ulrich was proclaimed on November 11 of the year by Generalissimo of the Russian troops. The palace coup, made on the night of December 5 to 6, elevated Elizabeth Petrovna to the throne. The latter first limited themselves to a decision to send a Braunschweig surname from Russia.

Anton's family was already on the way abroad, but was unexpectedly arrested, imprisoned in the Riga fortress, from there was transferred to Dinamyund and Ranenburg, and finally, on November 9, he was imprisoned in the holmogory of the Arkhangelogorod province. The conclusion of the Anton Ulrich family in Kholmogory was full of deprivation. Often they needed the most necessary.

To observe them, a headquarters officer with a team was determined. Several men and women from a simple rank served them. Every message with outsiders was strictly forbidden by him. Only the Arkhangelogorod governor had a command to visit them by time in order to be aware of their condition. Brought up with commoners, the children of Anton Ulrich did not know another language except Russian.

For the maintenance of the Braunschweig surname, on the salary of people assigned to them, also for the repair of the house they occupied, was not assigned a certain amount, but was released from the Arkhangelsk treasury from 10 to 15 thousand rubles annually. But he preferred lonely freedom with children. Having lost his vision, he died on May 4 of the year.

Its burial place is unknown.Archival documents indicate that his body on the night of the 5th to the 6th was carried out in a coffin, upholstered with a black cloth with a silver gathering, and quietly buried in the nearest cemetery inside the fence of the house where it was contained, in the presence of only guard soldiers, who were strictly forbidden to talk about the place of burial.

In the year, information appeared on the discovery of remains in the Kholmogory, which, presumably, could belong to Anton Ulrich. There, he was appointed for the residence of the town of Horsens in Jutland. On the night of June 27, they were transported to the Novodvinsky fortress, and on the night of July 30, the princes and princesses sailed from the shores of Russia, generously equipped with clothing, dishes and other necessary things on the frigate 30.

To keep them in Horsens, Catherine II appointed each of them a lifetime pension of rubles, and all together - 32 rubles. This amount was given from the Russian court completely for a year, that is, before the death of the last representative of this family. When quoting and using materials, a link to Stuki-Druki-Druki pits. When quoting and using Hyperlink Hyperlink Hyperlink on the Internet or Stuki-Druki.