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Catherine the Great

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The six royal women of the German Walhalla Memorial

September 11, 2020 Moniek 0

The Walhalla Memorial is a hall of fame that honours distinguished people in German(-speaking) history. It is named for the Valhalla of the Norse Paganism […]

Catherine the Great – The later years (Part five)

July 22, 2020 Moniek 0

Read part four here. Catherine saw her son as her rival, and she never gave him a role in government. Despite this, he and his […]

Catherine the Great – Ruling an Empire (Part four)

July 21, 2020 Moniek 0

Read part three here. Catherine enforced her success by rewarding those who helped to put her on the throne, including the church and the army. […]

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Catherine the Great – The coup that made her Empress in her own right (Part three)

July 20, 2020 Moniek 0

Read part two here. As Empress Elizabeth’s health deteriorated, Catherine found herself pregnant with Gregory Orlov’s child, and she began to seclude herself. Peter was […]

Catherine the Great – An Empress-in-waiting (Part two)

July 17, 2020 Moniek 0

Read part one here. Sophie had arrived at the Russian court as a 14-year-old German Princess to marry the 15-year-old Grand Duke Peter – heir […]

Catherine the Great – The little-known German Princess (Part one)

July 15, 2020 Moniek 0

In the early hours of 2 May 1729, 16-year-old Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein Gottorp, wife of the 39-year-old Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, gave […]

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