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Catherine II [a] (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 1729 – 17 November 1796), [b] most commonly known as Catherine the Great, [c] was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter III .
Rumours of Catherine's private life had a small basis in the fact that she took many young lovers, even in old age. (Lord Byron's Don Juan, around the age of 22, becomes her lover after the siege of Ismail (1790), in a fiction written only about 25 years after Catherine's death in 1796.) [4] This practice was not unusual by the court standards of the day, nor was it unusual to use rumour and ...
А. I. Chorny (Chernov). Portrait of Count G. G. Orlov. Hermitage Museum. Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (Russian: Григорий Григорьевич Орлов; 17 October 1734 – 24 April 1783 [a]) was a favourite of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1772), state and military figure, collector, patron of arts, and General-in-Chief.
Details of Saint Catherine's life – Saint Catherine Orthodox Church; includes a gallery of icons of the saint; St Catherine's church in Muhu island (Estonia) Saint Catherine of Alexandria at the Christian Iconography web site "The Life of St. Catherine, Virgin and Martyr" from the Caxton translation of the Golden Legend "Catharine" .
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman. New York City: Random House. ISBN 978-1-58836-044-1. Piotrovsky, Mikhail B. (2001). "An Imperial Affair". Treasures of Catherine the Great (PDF). New York City: Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 9780810967328. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2021. Rounding, Virginia (2008). Catherine the Great: Love, Sex ...
The story of Pugachev's strong resemblance to the Tsar Peter III, who in 1762 was overthrown and murdered by his wife's supporters, the future empress Catherine II, comes from a later legend. Pugachev told the story that he and his principal adherents had escaped from the clutches of Catherine. [11]
The casting of Mirren in the role, which follows the Russian empress in the embattled latter years of her life, is a smart choice that proves its worth […] TV Review: ‘Catherine the Great ...
Bruce is best known in history as l'éprouveuse for the role that she allegedly played in Catherine's love life. According to legend, Bruce would "test" any prospective lovers sexually before they became the lovers of Catherine after they had been suggested by Grigory Potemkin , chosen by Catherine and examined by a doctor.