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A Short Biography of Catherine II of Russia

Author Name:

Catherine II of Russia

Born As:

Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst

Other Names:

Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst

Born:

2 May 1729

Died:

17 Nov 1796




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Musician                          
                          
Mother Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
Father Christian Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Husband Peter III of Russia.                          
Reigned as Empress of Russia for 34 years, from June 28, 1762 until her death in 1796.                          
Catherine took many lovers, such as  Sergei Saltykov, Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin, Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonov,  Charles Hanbury Williams and Stanislaw Poniatowski. Catherine indicated that her son Peter was fathered by Sergei and not her husband Peter III of Russia. Catherine also had a daughter Anna Petrovna - 1757-1759.