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He was said to die after saving 20 soldiers on a boat near Lakhta on a tour of St. Peterburg and surrounds on November 5th 1724. The story may be true and his underlying condition; he had large...

I believe the ironic nature of his death was that he said he would choose his successor and it would not go by inheritance then he died without naming a successor. The story goes he said "I leave all...