Ivan VI was emperor from October 1740 to December 1741, with government exercised through a regency. After his overthrow, he spent about twenty years as a prisoner. Guards killed him when officers attempted to release him, although he had not known about the attempt. His siblings eventually passed into their aunt's custody in Denmark but continued to live under house arrest. His personal contribution to the wars was negligible, yet his fate illustrates the continuing danger attached to a displaced claim to the throne.
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Ivan VI remains a dynastic threat after losing the throne
Ivan VI's brief childhood reign was followed by about twenty years of imprisonment because a deposed heir could remain a focus for rivals.