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Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina
Natalia Kirillovna Naryshkina (September 1, 1651 - February 4, 1694) was the Tsaritsa of Russia from 1645 to 1676.
Coming from an obscure family of petty nobility, she was brought up in the house of the great Western-leaning boyar, Artamon Matveyev, on account of her distant relationship with his wife, the Scottish-descended Mary Hamilton .
On February 1, 1671, she married Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich as his second wife. They had three children, including the future Peter I of Russia (1672-1725). After the throne was secured for her son, Natalia, her brothers, and the patriarch effectively controlled the government.
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