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.

Catherine wasn't called “The Great” for nothing. Though she was one of the most enlightened women in the world, behind closed ...

Grigory Potemkin is the love of Catherine’s life and the most powerful man in the Russian empire ... Taken from Catherine at birth and raised by his great aunt, Empress Elizabeth, and tutor, Minister ...

Billed as “revelatory”, the new book details how she met and fell in love with Prince William, and contains snippets of her life within the royal family. Titled Catherine, the Princess of ...