Elizabeth Antonovna of Brunswick

Elizabeth Antonovna
Silhouettes of Elizabeth and her siblings at Horsens
Born16 November 1743
Died20 October 1782
Horsens
Names
Elizabeth Antonovna
HouseHouse of Mecklenburg-Brunswick-Romanov [ru]
FatherDuke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick
MotherGrand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia
Russian Palace of Horsens

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.