Template:Did you know nominations/Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:33, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo

 * ... that a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp became a Russian emperor, but his wife and son traded away his ancestral lands in the Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo? Source: "Elizabeth Petrovna ... invited her deceased sister's son, Charles Peter Ulrich of Holstein-Gottorp, ... he was designated heir to the Russian throne. ... Charles Peter Ulrich ascended the Russian throne as Peter III ... Peter III was dethroned by his consort and successor, Catherine II ... in 1773 ... Grand Duke Paul, the son of Catherine II and Peter III, ... renounced all claims in Schleswig, and the ducal part of Holstein was given to the Danish king." (Imperial Russian Foreign Policy, pp.56-58
 * Reviewed: Montrose Center

Created by Bryanrutherford0 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:13, 7 November 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Great article! New, long, QPQ, and cited enough. Details of hook statement are encoded fully in the 3rd para of Negotiations. Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:19, 9 November 2016 (UTC)