Natalya Naryshkina

Natalya Naryshkina (1651–1694) was raised in the household of Moscow boyar Artamon Matveyev and became Tsar Alexis's second wife in 1671, and in 1672 she bore the future Peter the Great. As tsaritsa she broke with terem custom, becoming the first Russian woman to attend a theatre.

She was made regent for the young Peter in 1682 but was ousted by her stepdaughter Sophia amid the Streltsy revolt, which killed two of her brothers and Matveyev.

Under Sophia's regency Natalya lived with Peter at Preobrazhenskoe. Restored after Peter seized power in 1689, she ruled until her death in 1694.