Natalia Kirillovna Naryshkina (September 1, 1651 - February 4, 1694) was the Tsaritsa of Russia from 1671 to 1676.

Coming from a family of Tatar Boyars , she was brought up in the house of the great Western-leaning boyar, Artamon Matveyev, on account of her distant relationship with his wife, the Scottish-descended Mary Hamilton.

On February 1, 1671, she married Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich as his second wife. They had three children, the future Peter I of Russia (1672-1725), Tsarevna Natalya who founded the first public theatre in Russia, writing a number of its plays herself and Tsarevna Feodora. After the throne was secured for her son, Natalia, her brothers, and the patriarch effectively controlled the government.

See also

• Naryshkin baroque

1651 births | 1694 deaths | Russian royalty | Russian tsarinas | House of Romanov

Natalia Narychkina