b o o k t -h e emprefs no expreifion o f either jealoufy or refentment;
I— .— 1 her perfou was untouched, and ihe even retained undimi-
niihed all the fruits o f Peter’s bounty. Catharine, with a
magnanimity peculiar to her character, forgave the indignities
which ihe had received at her fuggeftion, and even her
prefumption in afpiring to a participation o f the crown : ihe
was permitted to efpoufe a private perfon, and ftill remains at
Peteriburgh a living monument o f the emprefies unparalleled
lenity. Godovitz, the emperor’s favourite, and who was particularly
obnoxious to the emprefs, was allowed to retire to
his native country; and the Holftein guards, who had offered,
nay, even importuned the emperor to conduit them againft
the emprefs, were not treated with the leaft degree o f feve-
r it y ; they who chofe to inlift were incorporated in the different
regiments; and the others withdrew themfelves un-
molefted from Ruiiia. Prince George o f Holftein, uncle to
Peter, and who was not unacquainted with the defign o f ar-
reiling the emprefs, was detained a prifoner in his own palace
during the progrefs o f the revolution ; but that event had
no fooner taken place, than he was promoted to the rank o f
field-marfhal, and appointed adminiftrator o f Holftein during
the minority o f the great-duke.
The emprefs was in the 34th year o f her age when ihe
afcended the throne ; and the fuccefs o f this revolution was
no lefs owing to her own perfonal fpirit and abilities, than to
the zeal o f her party and the popularity o f her caufe.
C HAP.
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Family and birth o f Ivan.— Appointed great-duke o f Ruffia.—»
Declared emperor upon the death o f Anne.'— Depofed by
Elizabeth.— Imprifmed at Riga, Dunamund, Oranien-
burgh, and la jlly at Schlufielburgh.— Defcription o f his
apartment.— Method o f life.— Intellects.— Ferocity, & c .—
Vifited by Peter III.— Account o f that interview.— Removed
to Kexholm.— Brought back to Schluflelburgh.— Attempt
o f Mirovitch in his favour.— Death o f Ivan.— Ir ia l and
execution o/Mirovitch— Punijhment o f his accomplices.—
Sufpicion o f a collujion between the. court and Mirovitch.__
Proofs o f thofefufpicions.— Refuted.— Account o f Ivan’s parents
and family.— Biographical anecdotes o f count Munich.
T V A N , t h e u n f o r t u n a t e fu b je c ft o f t h e p r e f e n t n a r r a t iv e , c h a p .
was lineally defcended, on the female fide, from the tzar ■ H'
Ivan Alexievitch, elder brother o f Peter the Great*; and was
* I r a n A le x ie v it ch .
C a th a r in e . A n n e , Em p refs o f Ruflja
A n n e , married to A n th o n y U lr ic k ,
Prin c e o f B ru n fw ick .
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Iran.
See G en e a l. T a b le o f the H ou fe o f R om an o f, in V o l. I. p. 210,
V ol. II. F fon