Catherine The Great Children S Names
Catherine ii born sophie of anhalt zerbst.
Catherine the great children s names. Catherine the great russian yekaterina velikaya also called catherine ii russian in full yekaterina alekseyevna original name sophie friederike auguste prinzessin von anhalt zerbst born april 21 may 2 new style 1729 stettin prussia now szczecin poland died november 6 november 17 1796 tsarskoye selo now pushkin near st. Her first child who later became tsar paul i was born in 1754. She came to power following a coup d état that overthrew her husband peter iii under her reign russia was revitalised. Another son alexei was born in 1762.
2 may 1729 17 november 1796 most commonly known as catherine the great was empress of russia from 1762 until 1796 the country s longest ruling female leader. She also had a daughter who died as a. Her first love count sergei saltykov 1726 1765 was her lover from 1752 to 1754. At the time she was married to the grand duke peter hg romanov the heir to the russian throne.
Catherine ii was born sophia augusta frederica in the german city of stettin prussia now szczecin poland on april 21 1729. In 1757 she had a daughter anne who died in 1758. It grew larger and stronger and was recognised as one of the. Sergei was part of the russian nobility and descended from the posh rurik family.
She was the daughter of prince christian august of anhalt zerbst and princess johanna elizabeth of holstein gottorp. She had at least two sons one was named paul who was the father of tsar alexander i tsar constantine and tsar nicholas i. Petersburg russia german born empress of russia. Catherine and sergei saltykov.
Catherine was bored and unhappy during her marriage because peter was a rebellious and stubborn youth. Anna catherine the great s daughter march 1 2019 moniek catherine the great russia the royal women 0 catherine the great public domain grand duchess anna petrovna was born on 9 december 1757 as the daughter of the future empress catherine the great. Alexis bobrinsky was born out of wedlock. Sophie friederike auguste von anhalt zerbst.
The woman whom history would remember as catherine the great russia s longest ruling female leader was. Catherine the great s name wasn t catherine and she wasn t even russian. She also had an.