For Catherine the Great, jewelry was about much more than adornment. The formidable Russian empress — who reigned from 1762 to 1796 after overthrowing her own husband, Peter III — understood ...
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 ...
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 ...
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