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Katherine (/ k æ θ ə r ɪ n /), also spelled Catherine and other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria .
Marta converted to the Russian Orthodox Church and was given the name Catherine. [96] Though no record exists, Catherine and Peter married secretly between 23 October and 1 December 1707 in St. Petersburg. [97] Peter valued Catherine and married officially, at Saint Isaac's Cathedral on 19 February 1712.
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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.
Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek Πέτρος , Petros (an invented, masculine form of Greek petra , the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic Kefa ("stone, rock"), the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon bar Jonah . [ 1 ]
The Hebrew name is a Jewish practice rooted in the practices of early Jewish communities and Judaism. [4] This Hebrew name is used for religious purposes, such as when the child is called to read the Torah at their b'nei mitzvah .
Here's why Kate Middleton goes by "Catherine," where Kate Middleton's nickname came from, and why she tried (and failed) to change it.
Elizabeth, therefore, allowed Catherine to have sexual lovers only after a new legal heir, Catherine and Peter's son Paul, survived and appeared to be strong. [ 18 ] After this, Catherine carried on sexual liaisons over the years with many men, including Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski , Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (1734–1783), Alexander ...