In 1745, after being received into the Russian Orthodox Church, and changing her name to Catherine, she married Grand Duke Peter, grandson of Peter the Great and heir to the Russian throne.

One of the few women Frederick had a positive opinion of was a fellow German noblewomen: Russia’s queen Catherine the Great – ...

Weeks after their wedding Catherine was crowned Queen of England alongside Henry ... While there was great celebration over the birth of Catherine's second child, Prince Henry, in 1511, this ...