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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Kurma-the-Turtle on 2024-10-14 21:49:17+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Ivan VI of Russia, who ascended the throne at the age of two months, was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna a year into his reign. He spent the next 20 of his life secretly imprisoned without the guards knowing his true identity, before being killed in an attempted rescue.