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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]
Catherine II [a] (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 1729 – 17 November 1796), [b] most commonly known as Catherine the Great, [c] was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter III .
Catherine subsequently deposed Paul's father, Peter III, to take the Russian throne and become Catherine the Great. [2] While Catherine hinted in the first edition of her memoirs published by Alexander Herzen in 1859 that her lover Sergei Saltykov was Paul's biological father, she later recanted and asserted in the final edition that Peter III ...
the Great c. 1152 –1205 Grand Prince of Kiev 1201/ 1204: Ingvar c. 1152 –1220 Grand Prince of Kiev 1202/ 1214: Mstislav III c. 1156 –1223 Grand Prince of Kiev r. 1212–1223: Rostislav II c. 1173 –1218 Grand Prince of Kiev r. 1204–1206: Vladimir IV 1187–1239 Grand Prince of Kiev r. 1223–1235: Mikhail Khorobrit 1229–1248 Grand ...
1794 portrait of Catherine the Great by Dmitry Levitzky. Born in 1754, [1] Paul was the son of Emperor Peter III and Catherine the Great. [2] Six months after Peter's accession, Catherine participated in a successful coup d'état against her husband; Peter was deposed and killed in prison. [3] During Catherine's reign, Russia was revitalized.
“The Great” is a satirical dramedy about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia’s history. The first season was a critical success for ...
She reigned as Catherine the Great. Catherine's son, Paul I, who succeeded his mother in 1796, [7] was particularly proud to be a great-grandson of Peter the Great, although his mother's memoirs arguably insinuate that Paul's natural father was, in fact, her lover Sergei Saltykov, rather than her husband, Peter.
Catherine lived in a suburb of Wisconsin called West Allis, on 2357 S 57th Street. The house is still standing today. How long did Jeffrey Dahmer live with his grandmother, Catherine?