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Catherine the Great (1729–1796)

Author of The Memoirs of Catherine the Great

Includes the names: Katarina den stora, Catherine the Great, Katharina die Große, Екатерина II, Catherine II. of Russia, Empress of Russia Catherine, Empress of Russia II Catherine, Katharina II. Zarin von Russland, Venäjän keisarinna. Katariina II, Venäjän keisarinna. Katariina II ... (see complete list), императрица Екатерина II

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(ger)born Princess Sophie Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst

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Catherine the Great
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Anhalt-Zerbst, Sophie Friederike von
Russland, Katharina II. Zarin von
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Sophie Friederike von Anhalt-Zerbst
Date of birth
1729
Date of death
1796
Burial location
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul Fortress, St Petersburg, Russia
Gender
female
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Germany (Anhalt-Zerbst)
Russia (marriage)
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Germany
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Anhalt-Zerbst, German Empire
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Empress
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Haus Romanow-Holstein-Gottorp
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After an unlikely beginning as Sophie Friederike Auguste, daughter of a minor prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (Prussia), she married the future Russian Emperor Peter III and then seized power from him in 1762. Thereafter, she reigned alone as Catherine II until her death. She expanded the Russian Empire and helped modernize it, furthering the efforts of Peter the Great. An interesting note: Her son the Emperor Paul I hated his mother so much that he enacted a rule that no woman could ever again inherit the Russian throne.
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born Princess Sophie Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst

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