Catherine The Great Coup
In 1762 catherine a talented equestrian lead a group of 14 000 soldiers to unseat her husband.
Catherine the great coup. Catherine the great dragged russia into the modern world expanded its borders championed the arts and restructured its laws revitalising russia in the process and enabling it to become a powerhouse in global politics. Petersburg russia german born empress of russia 1762 96 who led her country into full participation in the political and cultural life of. After her successful coup against her ill matched husband peter iii in 1762 catherine realised that to marry again would. 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.
Holstein gottorp romanov by marriage ascania by birth russian orthodox 1744 1796 prev. Russia was revitalized under her reign growing larger. Paul i of russia. Catherine the great s name wasn t catherine and she wasn t even russian.
The woman whom history would remember as. Lutheran 1729 1744. Catherine the great was empress of russia from 1762 until 1796 the country s longest ruling female leader and arguably the most renowned. Set in 18th century russia the great which premieres on hulu on may 15 tells the story of a young catherine the great as she enters a disastrous marriage to emperor peter iii of russia and.
8 things you didn t know about catherine the great 1. As empress elizabeth s health deteriorated catherine found herself pregnant with gregory orlov s child and she began to seclude herself. Catherine s eldest son and heir may have been illegitimate. With the help of her lover at the time grigory orlov catherine plotted to overthrow her husband.
Catherine and her new husband had a rocky marriage from.