The woman who would be known to history as Catherine the Great, ruler of the Russian Empire, was actually not from Russia, nor, in fact, was her name Catherine. Born Princess Sophie Frienderike Auguste on April 21, 1729, in a town in what is now Poland, she was the first child of a relatively unknown German prince.
As a girl, she was not especially beautiful, but she did have a quick mind and plenty of charm. At age 15 she was engaged to be married to a sickly and weak-minded man who , as grandson of Peter the Great, was next in line to the Russian throne.
The woman who would be known to history as Catherine the Great, ruler of the Russian Empire, was actually not from Russia, nor, in fact, was her name Catherine. Born Princess Sophie Frienderike Auguste on April 21, 1729, in a town in what is now Poland, she was the first child of a relatively unknown German prince. As a girl, she was not especially beautiful, but she did have a quick mind and plenty of charm. At age 15 she was engaged to be married to a sickly and weak-minded man who , as grandson of Peter the Great, was next in line to the Russian throne.
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