Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Great is a historical and satirical black comedy-drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia's history. The series is highly fictionalized and portrays Catherine in her youth and marriage to Emperor Peter III of Russia, focusing on the plot to kill her depraved and dangerous husband.
Renée Soutendijk as Anna Mons (Peter's Dutch mistress) Hanna Schygulla as Catherine Skavronskaya (Peter's 2nd mistress and later on wife) Christoph Eichhorn as Charles XII, King of Sweden; Lilli Palmer as Tsarina Natalya, mother of Peter the Great; Mel Ferrer as Frederick I, King in Prussia; Elke Sommer as Charlotte, Queen in Prussia; Jan ...
The couple's first child, the future emperor Peter the Great, was born in May 1672, [12] followed by daughters Natalya and Theodora. [13] The custom at that time was for the consort of the Tsar to maintain a low-key lifestyle, deferring in all matters to her husband and carrying out work in the household. [ 14 ]
Catherine I Alekseyevna Mikhailova; [a] born Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya; [b] 15 April [O.S. 5 April] 1684 – 17 May [O.S. 6 May] 1727) was the second wife and Empress consort of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as Empress of Russia, ruling from 1725 until her death in 1727.
Possibly husband and father of illegitimate Elizabeth Grigorieva Temkina. [4] Pyotr Zavadovsky — official favourite in 1776—1777; Semyon Zorich — official favourite in 1777—1778; Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov — official favourite in 1778—1779; Alexander Lanskoy — official favourite in 1780—1784; Alexander Yermolov — official favourite ...
Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (Russian: А́нна Петро́вна; 27 January 1708 – 4 March 1728) was the eldest daughter of Emperor Peter I of Russia and his wife Empress Catherine I. Her younger sister, Empress Elizabeth , ruled between 1741 and 1762.
Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage has had a lengthy career — and an equally long and successful marriage to wife Erica Schmidt. The twosome met nearly two decades ago at a mutual friend’s ...
Peter I ([ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪt͡ɕ]; Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich; [note 1] 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), known as Peter the Great, [note 2] was Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725.