Editing Empress Catherine II of Russia

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! colspan="2" |HIM The Empress of Russia
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Ascania_Catherine.jpg|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Empress of [[Russia]]<br>
Princess of [[Anhalt|Anhalt-Zerbst]]
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|'''Reign'''
|5 January 1762 - 9 July 1762<br>
''as consort''<br>
9 July 1762 - 17 November 1796<br>
''as regnant''
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|'''Coronation'''
|22 September 1762
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Emperor Peter III of Russia|Peter III]]
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|'''Successor'''
|[[Emperor Paul of Russia|Paul]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
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|'''Born'''
|2 May 1729
Stettin, Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
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|'''Died'''
|17 November 1796 (aged 67)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[Emperor Peter III of Russia]]
(m. 1745; w. 1762)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Emperor Paul of Russia|Paul]]
[[Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia|Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna]]

''illegitimate''

[[Alexei, Count Bobrinsky]]
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|'''Name'''
|Sophie Auguste Friederike
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|'''House'''
|Ascania (by birth)
Romanov (by marriage)
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|'''Father'''
|[[Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp]]
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|'''Religion'''
|Lutheran
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'''General'''

==Life==
TBA

==Marriage and Issue==
TBA

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!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
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|[[File:Romanov_Paul.png|center|frameless|137x137px]]
|[[Emperor Paul of Russia|Paul]]
|1 October 1754
|23 March 1801 (aged 46)
|(1) [[Princess Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt]] (m. 1773); no issue
(2) [[Princess Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg]] (m. 1776); had issue
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|[[File:Romanov.png|center|frameless|125x125px]]
|[[Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia|Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna]]
|9 December 1757
|8 March 1759 (aged 15 months)
|Died in infancy
|}

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1729-1745'''   Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst
* '''1745-1762'''   Sophie, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp
* '''1762-1762'''   Empress Catherine Alexeievna of Russia
* '''1762-1796'''   Catherine II, Empress of Russia

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
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|[[Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst]]
|[[John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg]]
[[Christine Eleanore von Zeutsch]]
|[[John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst]]
[[Princess Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp]]<br>
[[Georg Volrath von Zeutsch]]<br>
[[Christine von Weissenbach]]
|[[Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst]]
[[Countess Magdalena of Oldenburg]]<br>
[[Duke Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp]]<br>
[[Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony]]<br>
[[Christian von Zeutsch]]<br>
[[Lucretia von Spiegel]]<br>
[[Wolf Georg von Weissenbach]]<br>
[[Martha von Konritz]]<br>
|-
|[[Princess Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp]]
|[[Christian August, Prince of Eutin]]
[[Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach]]
|[[Duke Christian Albert of Holstein-Gottorp]]
[[Princess Frederica Amalie of Denmark]]<br>
[[Margrave Frederick VII of Baden-Durlach]]<br>
[[Princess Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp]]
|[[Duke Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp]]
[[Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony]]<br>
[[King Frederik III of Denmark]]<br>
[[Princess Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Luneburg]]<br>
[[Margrave Frederick VI of Baden-Durlach]]<br>
[[Countess Christina Magdalena of Zweibrucken]]<br>
[[Duke Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp]] (x2)<Br>
[[Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony]] (x2)
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[[Category:Monarchs of Russia]]
[[Category:Consorts of Russia]]
[[Category:House Ascania]]