Czar Peter III of Russia was born on February 21, 1728, in Kiel, Germany. Put her in a pumpkin shell and there he kept her very well." Poppæa herself died from the effects of a kick given her by Nero while she was with child. The Bible doesn’t mention Peter’s wife directly. Clement of Alexandria, in Stromata III (written around 202 AD), said that Peter was married, had children and witnessed his wife’s martyrdom in Rome. During His earthly ministry, Jesus came to Peter's house and healed "his wife's mother" (Matthew 8:14And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. His elder half-brother, a sickly youth, then succeeded to the throne as Fyodor III, but, in fact, power fell into the hands of the Miloslavskys, relatives of Fyodor’s mother, who deliberately pushed Peter and the Naryshkin circle aside. His younger brother Britannicus was poisoned by his order at a banquet in 55 a.d. His first wife Octavia was divorced in order that he might marry Poppæa, the wife of his friend Otho, and was afterward put to death. In 1698, when Alexei was eight years old, Peter left her and forced her into a convent. Peter was born in Kiel, in the duchy of Holstein-Gottorp.His parents were Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (a nephew of Charles XII of Sweden), and Anna Petrovna (a daughter of Emperor Peter I and Empress Catherine I of Russia).His mother died shortly after his birth. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”. Ox, Man, Lion, Eagle, the Compass, the Tribes and the Gospels. “There were a lot of people who hoped this might happen,” Bushkovitch says, “but they weren’t organizing anything.”, At any rate, even by the bloody standards of royal family feuds, Peter’s cruelty stands out as unique. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Ask anything about God, the Bible, etc.Ask Now. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Paul was a Pharisee, and therefore had to be married at least prior to his conversion in Damascus. This is probably a spiritual reference to John Mark. V. Peter I, Russian in full Pyotr Alekseyevich, byname Peter the Great, Russian Pyotr Veliky, (born June 9 [May 30, Old Style], 1672, Moscow, Russia—died February 8 [January 28], 1725, St. Petersburg), tsar of Russia who reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V (1682–96) and alone thereafter (1696–1725) and who in 1721 was proclaimed emperor (imperator).