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Catherine's brother was born sometime in October of 1730, leaving Catherine very close to alone because her mother didn't love her and her brother was sickly.
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Sometime in 1742, Catherine's sickly younger brother dies of scarlet fever. After his death, instead of receiving her mothers love, her mother only wanted to marry her off because she wanted to get back to court.
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She was chosen to marry Jarl Ulrich, duke of Holstein-Gottorp at 14.
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She gained the official title of Grand Duchess Catherine Alekseyevna.
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I know that sometime in 1755, Catherine gave birth to Paul, her son. From a source that I used, it said her husband became ruler in 1762, and another source said he was 7 during this time, meaning he was born in 1755.
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The current ruler at the time, Empress Elizabeth, died. This allowed Peter to become ruler.
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After the rallies, Peter was arrested and assassinated. This allowed her to be crowned in September.
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Grigory Potemkin was a very well known in the war with Turkey. She fell in love with him and he became her lover.
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After a man named Yemelyan Pugachov pretended to be Peter III, it caused, according to Britannica.com, "...the greatest uprising in Russian history before 1917." (Britannica) She realized that she needed a tighter hold on her people.
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Catherine's lover from the war with Turkey, Grigory Potemkin, died.
