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CATHERINE I OF RUSSIA: (1684-1727) - CATHERINE I OF RUSSIA: (1684-1727) Empress of Russia 1725-27. Born Marta Helena Skowronska. As wife of Peter the Great, she was first Tsaritsa consort 1712-21 and later Empress consort of Russia 1721-25. An exceedingly rare D.S., ` Catherine´, as Empress, in Cyrillic, (”Ekaterina”), a bold ink signature, one page, 4to, Saint Petersburg, 18th September 1726, in Cyrillic. The document is a Decree, written in capital letters, addressed to the War Collegium. The Empress states ` Although Our decree on the valuation and further sale of villages assigned to the hospital by the War Collegium has been announced, We have been informed that the villages are being offered at very low prices, so that once the final price has been set for those villages, no one offers a higher price. Make note of this and report it to Us. And do not sell those villages without Our report and approval.´ With an additional annotation at the base ` Noon - September 23, 1726´ . Documents signed by Catherine I are of the utmost rarity. In very fine condition despite its age. With a professional repair to the left edge which has been reinforced. VG Peter the Great and his wife Catherine I had twelve children, but only two of them survived into adulthood, Anna (1708-1728) and Elizabeth (1709-1762). The first, Anna, died at the very early age of 20. She died only few days after giving birth to her only son, the future Emperor Peter III of Russia. The barely twenty-year-old duchess died after having caught puerperal fever. The second, Elizabeth, became Empress of Russia 1741-62. She remains one of the most popular Russian monarchs because of her decision not to execute a single person during her reign. She declared her own nephew, her sister Anna´s son, the future Peter III, her heir.