Editing Alexis of Russia (section)

==Family and children==
[[File:Alexis I's bride-show by G.Sedov (1882, GTG).jpg|thumb|300px|''Tsar Alexei chooses his bride'', by [[Grigory Sedov]] (the winner of the Tsardom-wide contest organized by [[Boris Morozov]] was his relative [[Maria Miloslavskaya]])]]

Alexis's first marriage to [[Miloslavsky family|Miloslavskaya]] was harmonious and felicitous. They had thirteen children (five sons and eight daughters) in twenty-one years of marriage, and she died only weeks after her thirteenth childbirth. Four sons survived her (Alexei, Fyodor, Semyon and Ivan), but within six months of her death two of these were dead, including Alexei, the 15-year-old heir to the throne. The couple's children were:	
* [[Tsarevich Dmitry Alexeyevich of Russia|Dmitri Alexeevich]] (1648–1649); crown prince; died in infancy
* [[Tsarevna Yevdokia Alekseyevna of Russia|Yevdokia Alekseevna]] (1650–1712)
* [[Marfa Alekseyevna of Russia|Marfa Alekseyevna]] (1652–1707)
* [[Tsarevich Alexei Alexeyevich of Russia|Alexei Alexeevich]] (1654–1670); crown prince; died unwed aged 15
* Anna Alexeevna (23 January 1655– 8 May 1659); died in infancy
* [[Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia|Sofia Alexeevna]] (1657–1704), regent of Russia (1682–89) for her two younger brothers;<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sophia-regent-of-Russia |title=Sophia |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> never married
* [[Catherine Alekseyevna of Russia|Ekaterina Alexeevna]] (1658–1718)
* [[Maria Alekseyevna of Russia|Maria Alexeevna]] (1660–1723)
* [[Feodor III of Russia|Fyodor III]] (1661–1682); succeeded his father as [[Tsar of Russia]];<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fyodor-III |title=Fyodor III |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> died childless
* [[Feodosia Alekseyevna of Russia|Feodosia Alexeyevna]] (1662–1713)
* [[Tsarevich Simeon Alexeyevich of Russia|Simeon Alexeyevich]] (1665–1669); died in infancy
* [[Ivan V]] (1666–1696); was co-ruler along with his younger half-brother Peter,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-the-Great |title=Peter I |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> father of [[Anna of Russia|Empress Anna]]
* Yevdokia Alexeevna (1669–1669)

Alexis remarried on 1 February 1671 to [[Natalya Naryshkina|Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina]] (1 September 1651 – 4 February 1694). She had been brought up in the house of [[Artamon Matveyev]], whose wife was the Scottish-descended Mary [[Clan Hamilton|Hamilton]]. Their children were:	
* [[Peter the Great|Peter I]] (1672–1725), later known as "Peter the Great", [[Tsar of Russia|Tsar]] and first [[Emperor of Russia]]
* [[Tsarevna Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia|Natalya Alexeevna]] (1673–1716)
* Fyodora Alexeevna (1674–1678)