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Catherine the Great was born on May 2, 1729 in Stettin, Prussia
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In 1744, Catherine converted to Russian Orthodox and changed her name from her birth name, Sophia Augusta Fredericka to Catherine, a year before her marriage to Peter.
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Catherine the Great was forced into an arranged marriage at the young age of 16 to her second cousin, Karl Peter Ulrich or more commonly known as Peter III of the Russian Royal family. She was miserable from the start, her husband was incredibly immature and was an alcoholic.
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Catherine's son Paul I of Russia was born on October 1, 1754 in Saint Petersburg, Russia to Catherine and Peter
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The Empress Elizabeth was Peters mom and in order for Peter, Catherine's husband, to ruler Elizabeth had to die and when she did Peter became Emperor of Russia, hiring Catherine's status.
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Alexei Grigorievich Bobrinsky was born on April 11, 1762 in Russia, and unlike Paul, he was not Peter's son he was the son of Catherine and Grigory Orlov, one of Catherine's many lovers while she was in power.
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Peter, Catherine's husband was killed, so Catherine could take the throne from him. Although she did not order him to be murdered, it was committed by her supporters, and in public opinion held her responsible for the death.
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Catherine the Great became the ruler of Russia, took the throne from her husband, who she had assassinated.There was not an exact date listed for her first day as ruler just a year.
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Stanislaw Poniatowski was one of Catherine's many lovers, and the Father of one of her children. He got involved with her when he served in the British Embassy. Their relationship was quite the scandal and even long after their relationship, in about 1763 Catherine gave support to his military, so some would say being her lover had many benefits even after the fact.
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Poland was a kingdom lacking definite boundaries, Catherine wanted to fix this problem. She did this in a strange way but it worked. She installed one of her old lovers, Stanislaw Poniatowski, a weak man that was very much in love with her and devoted to her, and made him King of Poland, solving her problem.
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Catherine died at the age of 67 on November 17, 1796
