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EncyclopediaAnna LeopoldovnaAnna Leopoldovna (än'nu lyā"upôl'duvnu) [key]or Anna Karlovna (kär'luvnu) [key], 1718–46, duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, regent of Russia (1740–41); daughter of Charles Leopold, duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and of Catherine, sister of Czarina Anna of Russia. She married the prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and their son, Ivan VI, succeeded (1740) Anna as czar. After the deposition of Ivan by Czarina Elizabeth, Anna Leopoldovna and her husband were imprisoned. She died in childbirth. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Anna Leopoldovna from Infoplease:
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