Elizabeth Antonovna | |||||
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![]() Silhouettes of Elizabeth and her siblings at Horsens | |||||
Born | 1743 | ||||
Died | 1782 Horsens | ||||
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House | House of Mecklenburg-Brunswick-Romanov | ||||
Father | Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick | ||||
Mother | Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia |
Elizabeth Antonovna of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1743–1782) was the daughter of Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick and Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia. Born after the deposition of her brother Ivan VI, she was kept imprisoned by Empress Elizabeth of Russia along with her family at Kholmogory, and in 1780, she and two brothers and a sister were placed under house arrest for the rest of their lives in Horsens.