in 1742, he inherited this principality of analzerpst after the end of the senior line of the dynasty johanna elizabeth of holstein-gottorp, this is such a very interesting lady, she was brought from russia elizabeth was simply kicked out and there was even a moment when catherine could have been kicked out along with her. yes, yes, this lady served. she served frederick the great as an informal diplomat on special, including not entirely, so to speak, correct assignments. and it so happened that catherine was her husband peter fyodorovich, or rather karl peter ulrich, a second cousin. catherine is not the first and not the last woman on the russian throne, but she was certainly radically different from everyone else. if we talk about... the number of favorites in the era of catherine great, then she probably had more than all the other empresses put together. we must remember how it all began, catherine was married at a very young age to peter fyodorovich, the heir to the russian throne, since elizabeth was childless, he was written out, accordingly, from galstein they tried to raise