The Curious Case of Ivan VI
22nd January 2018
Born on 23 August 1740 to the Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Luneburg and his wife Anna Leopoldovna, Ivan was the only grandson of the former Tsar of Russia Ivan V, and consequently in line to the Russian throne.
His mother was the niece of Empress Anna and expected that one of her line would inherit the throne once her aunt died. Consequently, Anna and her husband had spent the majority of…