I whakawhiwhia te Duke ki te Kaunihera Nui o te Kaunihera Nui, a, i whai mana nui ia ki nga mahi torangapu o Ruhia. I mate a Catherine I i te tau 1727, ka raru tona tuunga, i te mea i neke te mana ki nga ringaringa o Alexander Menshikov, e hiahia ana ki te marena i te emepara taiohi, a Peter II, ki tana tamahine ake, a Maria Menshikov. I puta he tautohetohe i waenga i te Duke me Menshikov i te hokinga o mua ki Holstein i te 25 o Hurae 1727.
Ko Alexander Menshikov