Princess Tarakanova, whose real name was Elisabetha Alexeievna, was a pretender to the Russian throne. She claimed to be the daughter of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, and therefore had a valid claim to the Russian royal family. However, her claim was not accepted by Catherine the Great, who was the reigning monarch at that time.
Tarakanova was imprisoned several times by the Russian authorities, but she managed to escape and flee to various foreign countries. In 1775, she was captured in Italy by the Russian secret police, who lured her into a trap with a promise of marriage. She was then taken back to Russia and imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg.
On December 15, 1775, Princess Tarakanova died in her cell at the age of 32. The exact cause of her death is not known, but it is generally believed that she died of natural causes or suicide. Some sources claim that she was strangled to death by her guards, while others suggest that she was poisoned by her captors. However, there is no concrete evidence to support these theories.
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