page_title: Anna Leopoldovna
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Anna Leopoldovna / Family
caption_attribution_description: Silhouettes of Catherine (1741-1807), Elisabeth (1743-1782), Peter (1745-1798), and Alexander of Brunswick-Luneburg-Wolfenbuttel (1746-1787). The Danish State Archives.
context_page_description: Anna Leopoldovna, born Elisabeth Katharina Christine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and also known as Anna Carlovna, was regent of Russia for just over a year during the minority of her infant son Emperor Ivan VI.
context_section_description: Anna Leopoldovna had the following children:
  Ivan VI (1740–1764) (reigning Emperor 1740-1741)
  Catherine Antonovna of Brunswick (1741–1807) (released to house arrest in Horsens in Denmark in 1780)
  Elizabeth Antonovna of Brunswick (1743–1782) (released to house arrest in Horsens in Denmark in 1780)
  Peter Antonovich of Brunswick (1745–1798) (released to house arrest in Horsens in Denmark in 1780)
  Alexei Antonovich of Brunswick (1746–1787) (released to house arrest in Horsens in Denmark in 1780)
caption: Silhouettes of her four younger children in Horsens-Peter, Alexei, Elizabeth and Catherine
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