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.

They begin an affair whilst she is still married to her unpleasant husband, Emperor Peter III ... cope with his father’s death and his mother’s new lovers. Taken from Catherine at birth and raised by ...

Catherine the Great began her life as Sophie, a lowly German princess who married Peter III and was expected ... you’d proudly take home to your mother. Mashable Top Stories Stay connected ...