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Catherine I Alekseyevna Mikhailova; [a] born Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya; [b] 15 April [O.S. 5 April] 1684 – 17 May [O.S. 6 May] 1727) was the second wife and Empress consort of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as Empress of Russia, ruling from 1725 until her death in 1727.
In 1707, Peter I married again, to Marta Helena Skowrońska, later to become Catherine I of Russia, who dyed her hair black so she would not resemble flaxen hair-ed Anna Mons. [6] Anna's younger brother, Willem Mons, became secretary and friend of Catherine. He was an old friend of Peter's, having taken part in the Battle of Poltava.
Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), known as Peter the Great, [note 1] was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725.
Joanna Elisabeth was born to Christian August, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1673–1726), Prince of Eutin and Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, and his wife, Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach (1682–1755), who belonged to a minor branch of the influential House of (Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp). [1]
John Pardee is an American screenwriter and television producer, and was an executive producer for Desperate Housewives. During the 1990s, Pardee wrote episodes of several television series, including the cartoon Doug ; the short-lived sitcoms Charlie Hoover , Thunder Alley , and The Crew ; and Cybill Shepherd 's sitcom Cybill .
Following her mother's death in 1750, the 11-year-old Elizaveta was attached to the Oranienbaum court of Grand Duke Peter's wife, Grand Duchess Catherine Alekseyevna (at this time, Peter was the heir to the Russian Imperial throne).
Renée Soutendijk as Anna Mons (Peter's Dutch mistress) Hanna Schygulla as Catherine Skavronskaya (Peter's 2nd mistress and later on wife) Christoph Eichhorn as Charles XII, King of Sweden; Lilli Palmer as Tsarina Natalya, mother of Peter the Great; Mel Ferrer as Frederick I, King in Prussia; Elke Sommer as Charlotte, Queen in Prussia; Jan ...
' Евдокия Федоровна Лопухина ' (9 August 1669 – 7 September 1731) [alt 1] was the first wife of Peter I the Great, and the last ethnic Russian and non-foreign wife of a Russian monarch. [1] She was the mother of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich and the paternal grandmother of Peter II of Russia.