Catherine The Great Coup Of Peter
Thus catherine left no one to dispute her claim to the throne.
Catherine the great coup of peter. Here the true story of how catherine the great overthrew her husband tsar peter iii. At runivers ru in djvu and pdf formats. Six months after he ascended the throne catherine mounted a coup with the help of her lover grigory orlov leading 14 000 soldiers on horseback to the winter palace and unseating her husband. Rumors also started to circulate that peter was planning to get rid of catherine and momentum quickly gathered to arrange a coup d état that would force him to abdicate and install her as ruler.
Peter iii died eight days after the coup and just six months after. Publishing frederick gottgeyner 1900. His mother was the daughter of. The troubled marriage of catherine the great and peter iii.
History of catherine the great. A mere six months into peter s reign in june 1762 catherine launched her coup with the support of public opinion the aristocratic class and the military and was proclaimed empress by the. Catherine ii of russia had not a drop of russian blood. Born sophie friederike auguste von anhalt zerbst a minor german.
The future peter iii was born karl peter ulrich in 1728 in kiel germany. They ve just fudged some of the known details a tiny bit. Army officer grigory potemkin was arguably the greatest love of catherine s life though her relationship with grigory orlov who helped the empress overthrow peter iii technically lasted longer. Peter iii was the grandson of two emperors.
Catherine plots to kill peter on the great and believe it or not catherine the great did stage a coup d etat in russia.