| Royal Russia & the Imperial Romanov Family |
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| Catherine II (The Great) Alekseevna Empress of All the Russias Sophie Auguste Friedrike von Anholt-Zorbst Princess of Anholt-Zorbst 05/02/1729-11/06/1796 |
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| Christian August von Anholt-Zorbst |
| Peter III, Emporer of Russia: The Story of a Crisis and a Crime by R Nisbet Bain, 1902 Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia by Carolly Erickson, 1994 Catherine: The Portrait of an Empress by Gina Kaus translated by June Head, 1935 The Memoirs of Catherine the Great edited by Dominique Maroger translated by Moura Budberg Catherine II of Russia and her Successors: Memoirs of the Court and Reign of Catherine II, Empress of Russia by Samuel M Smucker, 1855 Catherine the Great by Katharine Anthony, 1925 Empress of All Russia: Catherine the Great by Iris Noble Catherine the Great: Life and Legend by John T Alexander, 1989 Catherine the Great: A Biography of the Woman Who Became Empress of All the Russias by Zoe Oldenbour, 1965 Catherine, Empress of All the Russias: An Intimate Biography by Vincent Cronin, 1978 Catherine and Potemkin: An Imperial Romance by Jerome Dreifuss, 1937 The Romanovs: Autocrats of All the Russias by W Bruce Lincoln, 1987 Chronicle of the Russian Tsars: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Russia by David Warnes, 1999 |
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| Marriage 08/21/1745 Peter III Karl Ulrich Feodorovich Emporer of All the Russias Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 02/10/1728-07/7/1762 |
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| Johanna Elizabeth von Anholt-Zorbst |
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| 09/20/1754-03/12/1801 Paul I Petrovich, Emporer of All the Russias 12/09/1757-03/19/1759 Anna Petrovna, Grand Duchess |
| Illegitimate child with Grigory Orlov 00/00/1762-00/00/1813 Aleksei Bobrinski |