Peerage Record – 10195

     Catherine II Sofie Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst, Tsarina of Russia was born on 2 May 1729 at Szczecin, Poland^G. She was the daughter of Christian August Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Johanna Elisabeth Prinzessin von Holstein-Gottorp. She married Petr III Romanov, Tsar of Russia, son of Karl Friedrich von Holstein-Gottorp, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and Anna Petrovna Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia, on 1 September 1745 at St. Petersburg, Russia^G. She died on 17 November 1796 at age 67 at St. Petersburg, Russia^G.
     Catherine II Sofie Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst, Tsarina of Russia also went by the nick-name of Catherine ‘the Great’. She and Stanislas II August Poniatowski, King of Poland were associated.³ She was given the name of Sophie Auguste Frederike von Anhalt-Zerbst at birth. After her marriage, Catherine II Sofie Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst, Tsarina of Russia was styled as Ekaterina Alexseivna Romanov on 1 September 1745.¹ After her marriage, Catherine II Sofie Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst, Tsarina of Russia was styled as Tsarina Ekaterina II ‘the Great’ of Russia in 1762.¹

     Petr III Romanov, Tsar of Russia was born on 21 February 1728 at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany^G. He was the son of Karl Friedrich von Holstein-Gottorp, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and Anna Petrovna Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia. He married Catherine II Sofie Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst, Tsarina of Russia, daughter of Christian August Prinz von Anhalt-Zerbst and Johanna Elisabeth Prinzessin von Holstein-Gottorp, on 1 September 1745 at St. Petersburg, Russia^G. He died on 17 July 1762 at age 34 at Ropscha^G, assassinated.
     He was given the name of Karl Peter Ulrich von Holstein-Gottorp at birth.¹ He gained the title of Tsar Petr III of Russia in 1762.

     Petr I ‘the Great’ Alexeiovich Romanov, Tsar of Russia was born on 9 June 1672 at Moscow, Russia^G. He was the son of Alexis I Mikhailovich Romanov, Tsar of Russia and Natalia Kirilovna Narishkina. He married, firstly, Yevdokiya Theodorovna Lopukhina, daughter of Theodore Lopukhin, on 6 February 1689. He and Yevdokiya Theodorovna Lopukhina were divorced in 1698. He married, secondly, Ekaterina I Skavronska, Tsarina of Russia, daughter of Samuel Skavronski, on 8 November 1707. He was also reported to have been married on 1 March 1712 at Warsaw, Poland^G. He died on 8 February 1725 at age 52 at St. Petersburg, Russia^G.
     He gained the title of Tsar Petr I of Russia in 1689.¹

     Ekaterina I Skavronska, Tsarina of Russia was born in 1683 at Jakobstadt, Latvia^G. She was the daughter of Samuel Skavronski.¹ She married Petr I ‘the Great’ Alexeiovich Romanov, Tsar of Russia, son of Alexis I Mikhailovich Romanov, Tsar of Russia and Natalia Kirilovna Narishkina, on 8 November 1707. She married John Rabbe before 1712.¹ She was also reported to have been married on 1 March 1712 at Warsaw, Poland^G. She died on 17 May 1727 at St. Petersburg, Russia^G.
     Ekaterina I Skavronska, Tsarina of Russia also went by the nick-name of Martha. After her marriage, Ekaterina I Skavronska, Tsarina of Russia was styled as Tsarina Ekaterina I of Russia in 1725.¹

     Anna Petrovna Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia was born on 7 February 1708. She was the daughter of Petr I ‘the Great’ Alexeiovich Romanov, Tsar of Russia and Ekaterina I Skavronska, Tsarina of Russia. She was also reported to have been born on 9 March 1708. She married Karl Friedrich von Holstein-Gottorp, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, son of Friedrich IV von Holstein-Gottorp, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and Hedwig Sophie von Holstein-Gottorp, on 1 June 1725 at St. Petersburg, Russia^G. She died on 15 May 1728 at age 20.
     She gained the title of Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia.

     Elizabeta Petrovna Romanov, Tsarina of Russia was born on 29 December 1709 at Moscow, Russia^G. She was the daughter of Petr I ‘the Great’ Alexeiovich Romanov, Tsar of Russia and Ekaterina I Skavronska, Tsarina of Russia. She married Count Alexis Razumovski, son of Gregory Rozum, in 1750. She died on 5 January 1761 at age 51.
     She gained the title of Tsarina Elizabeta of Russia in 1741.¹

     Yevdokiya Theodorovna Lopukhina was born in 1672.¹ She was the daughter of Theodore Lopukhin. She married Petr I ‘the Great’ Alexeiovich Romanov, Tsar of Russia, son of Alexis I Mikhailovich Romanov, Tsar of Russia and Natalia Kirilovna Narishkina, on 6 February 1689. She and Petr I ‘the Great’ Alexeiovich Romanov, Tsar of Russia were divorced in 1698. She died in 1731.¹

     Alexis Petrovich Romanov, Tsarevich of Russia was born on 18 February 1690. He was the son of Petr I ‘the Great’ Alexeiovich Romanov, Tsar of Russia and Yevdokiya Theodorovna Lopukhina. He married Charlotte Christine Prinzessin von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, daughter of Ludwig Rudolf Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Christine Luise Prinzessin von Oettingen, on 25 October 1711.² He died on 7 July 1718 at age 28, executed.
     He gained the title of Tsarevich Alexis of Russia.

     Charlotte Christine Prinzessin von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel was born on 29 August 1694. She was the daughter of Ludwig Rudolf Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Christine Luise Prinzessin von Oettingen.¹ She married Alexis Petrovich Romanov, Tsarevich of Russia, son of Petr I ‘the Great’ Alexeiovich Romanov, Tsar of Russia and Yevdokiya Theodorovna Lopukhina, on 25 October 1711.¹ She died on 2 November 1715 at age 21.
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.

     Petr II Alexeiovich Romanov, Tsar of Russia was born on 28 October 1715. He was the son of Alexis Petrovich Romanov, Tsarevich of Russia and Charlotte Christine Prinzessin von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. He died on 30 January 1730 at age 14, from smallpox.
     He gained the title of Tsar Petr II of Russia in 1727.¹