Catherine I of Russia was the wife of Peter the Great. She was born a polish and married to a swedish dragoon. When the king Peter saw her knew he had to marry her, so he killed his previous wife and married Catherine. When Peter died, she became the Empress thanks to her popularity. She was born a poor polish woman and became the first empress ruling Russia.
Catherine II, more famous than the first Catherine, was a princess but of the Kingdom of Prussia. Many people disliked her union with the future tzar, Peter III, so she wrote in her memoirs that she would do whatever was necessary, and to profess to believe whatever was required of her, to become qualified to wear the crown. However, her marriage was a huge disaster; she never liked her husband. With the support of the army, she had Peter arrested and forced him to abdicate. She was crowned in Moscow on the 22 September 1762 and her period is considered one of the greatest of Russia, often named The Golden Age of the russian empire.
Lesson of the day: you don't have to be Russian to be the best ruler in Russia.
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