Catherine The Great Children

Jacqui rossi talks about the long reign of catherine ii of russia more commonly known as catherine the great her start as a prussian princess and her mar.

Catherine the great children. She came to power following a coup d état that overthrew her husband peter iii under her reign russia was revitalised. Though the young prussian princess had been imported to produce an. Catherine s eldest son and heir may have been illegitimate. Her first child who later became tsar paul i was born in 1754.

Sophie friederike auguste prinzessin princess von anhalt zerbst was the daughter of an obscure german prince christian august von anhalt zerbst but she was related through her mother to the dukes of holstein. During her reign 1762 to 1796 the former german princess was determined to. Catherine and her new husband had a rocky marriage from the start. She was the daughter of prince christian august of anhalt zerbst and princess johanna elizabeth of holstein gottorp.

Catherine was bored and unhappy during her marriage because peter was a rebellious and stubborn youth. Catherine ii was born sophia augusta frederica in the german city of stettin prussia now szczecin poland on april 21 1729. Russia s catherine the great can take credit for an intriguing little known facet of california s ethnic cookery. In 1757 she had a daughter anne who died in 1758.

Another son alexei was born in 1762.