Anna was born out of wedlock, although her parents were married in 1712 and she was later legitimized. Her earlier illegitimacy would pose great challenges for her marriage.
Anna grew up in the

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On 17 March 1721, Karl Friedrich arrived in Imperial Russiato get acquainted with his future wife and father-in-law. He aspired to use the marriage in order to ensure Russia's support for his

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After the accession of her mother Catherine I, a grand wedding was held for Anna in Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg on 21 May 1725. The wedding party then crossed the River Neva to the Summer Garden, where Mikhail Zemtsovhad designed a special

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On 25 July 1727, Anna and her husband left Saint Petersburg for Kiel. When they arrived in the capital of Holstein, the duke underwent a personality change. Merry and gallant in Saint

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Through her marriage with the Duke Karl Friedrich, she had one son
• Prince Peter Feodorovich, Hereditary Duke of Holstein-Gottorp(21 February 1728 – 17 July 1762). In

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• The Order of Saint Anna(Russian: Орден святой Анны) was a Holstein and then Russian order of chivalry established by Anna's husband on 14

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On 21 February 1728, Anna gave birth in Kiel Castle to a son named Carl Peter Ulrich, the future Peter III of Russia. Peter would found the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanovthat would go on to rule Russia until the early 20th-century. A few days after his birth, the

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