Editing Ivan V of Russia (section)

==Death and succession==
At the age of 27, Ivan was described by foreign ambassadors as [[senile]], [[paralytic]] and almost [[Blindness|blind]]. He died two years later, on 8 February 1696, and was interred in the [[Archangel Cathedral]]. It was fortuitous to Peter's faction that Ivan produced several daughters but no sons, as there was no confusion regarding the succession of the crown upon his death. His co-ruler was left to become supreme ruler of Russia; with Ivan's death, the struggle for power within the family had finally ended.<ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=John |title=Russia and the Soviet Union: An Historical Introduction from the Kievan State to the Present |location=London |publisher=Westview Press |date=2008 |edition=paperback |isbn=978-0-8133-4395-2}}</ref>

In 1730, more than 30 years after Ivan's death, his second surviving daughter, [[Anna of Russia|Anna, Duchess of Courland]], was invited to the throne of Russia by the country's privy council. She ruled for more than 10 years, and was succeeded by Ivan's infant great-grandson [[Ivan VI of Russia|Ivan VI]]; however, a palace coup engineered in 1741 by Ivan's niece [[Elizabeth of Russia|Elizabeth]] resulted in the throne passing finally to the progeny of Peter the Great.