grandson of Peter the Great and heir to the Russian throne. The marriage was unhappy, but the couple did produce one son, Paul. In 1762 Catherine's husband became Tsar Peter III but he was soon ...

Catherine the Great began her life as Sophie ... instigated a coup that deposed and killed her husband, and proceeded to rule over what historians refer to as the Golden Age of the Russian ...

Taken from Catherine at birth and raised by his great aunt, Empress Elizabeth ... He is also the man responsible for killing Catherine’s deposed husband Peter III in a drunken brawl. While he poses a ...