Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
She seemed a good match to Tsar Peter for his son because her elder sister Elizabeth Christine was married to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, and the support of Austria in the upcoming fight with the Turks was appreciated by Russian diplomats.On 25 October 1711 at Torgau, Charlotte Christine married Tsarevich Alexei, eldest son and heir of Peter I of Russia by his first wife, Eudoxia Lopukhina.Charlotte enjoyed the favour of Tsar Peter the Great, but lived an isolated life with her own court, which was composed almost entirely by foreigners and headed by her first cousin, Princess Juliana Luise von Ostfriesland.Later they moved to the island of Bourbon, and when d'Auban died, Charlotte returned to Europe, living in Paris and Brussels, Belgium, with a pension from her niece, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.In the version of this opera, which takes places in the magnificent palace of the tsarevich in Moscow, Charlotte Christine, who suffers because of her abusive husband, desperately wants to return to Germany.
WolfenbüttelSaint PetersburgPeter and Paul CathedralAlexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of RussiaGrand Duchess Natalya AlexeyevnaPeter II of RussiaLouis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-WolfenbüttelPrincess Christine Louise of Oettingen-OettingenTsarevich Alexei Petrovich of RussiaAugust IIChristiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-BayreuthDresdenElizabeth ChristineCharles VITorgauTsarevich AlexeiPeter I of RussiaEudoxia LopukhinaLutheranRussian OrthodoxRussian nobilityAnna Ivanovna'sFrederick William, Duke of CourlandRussian imperial familyZoe PalaiologinaPrincess Juliana Luise von OstfrieslandYefrosinya FedorovaNataliaLouisianaFranceBrusselsBelgiumEmpress Maria Theresa of AustriaHeinrich ZschokkenovellaCharlotte Birch-PfeifferlibrettoAugustus II, Duke of Brunswick-WolfenbüttelAnthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-WolfenbüttelPrincess Dorothea of Anhalt-ZerbstFrederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-NorburgPrincess Elisabeth Juliana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-NorburgPrincess Eleanor of Anhalt-ZerbstJoachim Ernest, Count of Oettingen-OettingenAlbert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-OettingenEberhard III, Duke of WürttembergDuchess Christine Friederike of WürttembergWild- and Rhinegravine Anna Katharina of Salm-KyrburgGrand Duchesses of Russia by marriageCatherine Alexeievna (Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst)Natalia Alexeievna (Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt)Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg)Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)Anna Feodorovna (Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld)Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)Elena Pavlovna (Charlotte of Württemberg)Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)Alexandra Iosifovna (Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg)Alexandra Petrovna (Alexandra of Oldenburg)Olga Feodorovna (Cäcilie of Baden)Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)Maria Pavlovna (Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin)Elizabeth Feodorovna (Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine)Alexandra Georgievna (Alexandra of Greece and Denmark)Elizaveta Mavrikievna (Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg)Anastasia Nikolaevna (Anastasia of Montenegro)Militza Nikolaevna of Montenegro (Milica of Montenegro)Maria Georgievna (Maria of Greece and Denmark)Xenia Alexandrovna of RussiaViktoria Feodorovna (Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)Leonida Georgievna (Leonida Bagration of Mukhrani)