Catherine II (born Princess Sophia Augusta Frederica von Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 1729 – 17 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was... 126 KB (15,486 words) - 13:42, 13 April 2024 |
Catherine II may refer to: Catherine the Great, 1729–1796, empress of Russia Catherine of Valois (1303–1346), titular empress of Constantinople Catherine... 341 bytes (74 words) - 19:49, 13 June 2014 |
During and after the reign of the flamboyant and powerful Empress Catherine II of Russia, whose long rule led to the modernisation of the Russian Empire... 12 KB (1,550 words) - 01:33, 1 April 2024 |
Catherine II, also Catherine of Valois or Catherine of Taranto (before 15 April 1303 – October 1346), was the recognised Latin Empress of Constantinople... 8 KB (756 words) - 15:26, 14 April 2024 |
Paul I of Russia (category Children of Catherine the Great) Elizabeth (second-eldest daughter of Tsar Peter the Great), and his wife Catherine II, born Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, daughter of a minor German prince, who... 57 KB (6,592 words) - 21:25, 26 April 2024 |
History of Russia (1721–1796) (redirect from Russian Imperial Expansion and Maturation - Catherine II) After Peter's death, his wife Catherine I ascended the throne. But when she died in 1727, Peter's grandson, Peter II, was crowned tsar. In 1730, Anna... 35 KB (5,084 words) - 02:16, 19 October 2023 |
Peter III of Russia (category Catherine the Great) 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine II (the Great). He was born in the German city of Kiel as Charles Peter... 27 KB (2,889 words) - 20:35, 22 April 2024 |
Young Catherine is a 1991 British TV miniseries based on the early life of Catherine II of Russia. Directed by Michael Anderson, it stars Julia Ormond... 6 KB (518 words) - 15:13, 9 April 2024 |
Catherine, Princess of Wales (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton; 9 January 1982), is a member of the British royal family. She is married to William,... 254 KB (19,400 words) - 06:20, 27 April 2024 |
Catherine the Great (1729–1796), also known as Catherine II, was the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. Catherine the Great may also refer to: Catherine... 2 KB (239 words) - 08:13, 29 September 2023 |
built by Grigory Potemkin, a field marshal and former lover of Empress Catherine II, solely to impress the Empress during her journey to Crimea in 1787.... 17 KB (1,894 words) - 12:21, 18 April 2024 |
Winter Palace (section Catherine II (1762–1796)) succeeded by his widow, Catherine I, who reigned until her death in 1727. She in turn was succeeded by Peter I's grandson Peter II, who in 1727 had Mattarnovy's... 84 KB (10,533 words) - 03:17, 24 April 2024 |
Valois, by whom she had one son and three daughters; the eldest of these, Catherine II of Valois, Princess of Achaea succeeded her as titular empress. She was... 8 KB (590 words) - 13:02, 21 April 2024 |
Joseph II travelled with only a few servants on horseback as "Count Falkenstein". He preferred to stop at a regular inn - forcing Catherine II to convert... 58 KB (7,226 words) - 11:28, 27 April 2024 |
Catherine Fabienne Dorléac (born 22 October 1943), known professionally as Catherine Deneuve (UK: /dəˈnɜːv/, US: /dəˈnʊv/, French: [katʁin dənœv] ), is... 64 KB (4,901 words) - 19:07, 27 April 2024 |
a widower in 1776, King Frederick II of Prussia (Sophie Dorothea's maternal great-uncle) and Empress Catherine II of Russia chose Sophie Dorothea as... 35 KB (3,701 words) - 20:19, 18 April 2024 |
Prince Michael Dolgorukov and Vera Vishnevskaya. Catherine was a long-time mistress of Tsar Alexander II and later, as his morganatic wife, was given the... 23 KB (2,834 words) - 08:42, 16 March 2024 |
even to scourge him should he become unmanageable. On the accession of Catherine II, in the summer of 1762, still more stringent orders were sent to the... 12 KB (1,221 words) - 07:24, 17 March 2024 |
Catherine the Great is a 1995 television movie based on the life of Catherine II of Russia. It stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Catherine, Jeanne Moreau as... 3 KB (192 words) - 12:24, 10 March 2024 |
Odesa (section World War II) was named Odessa in accordance with the Greek Plan of Empress Catherine II. Catherine's Secretary of State Adrian Gribovsky claimed in his memoirs that... 158 KB (15,551 words) - 13:40, 27 April 2024 |
[citation needed] Catherine II also took steps to mitigate the situation of peasants in the Russian Empire. The decrees of Catherine II on the ban on the... 21 KB (2,897 words) - 16:04, 27 March 2024 |