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Birth of Catherine II the Great

Russia · House / House of Romanov. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1729Date range
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Chronological records

1729

Catherine II the Great2 May 1729

House / House of Romanov

Birth of Catherine II the Great, a minor German princess with a very remote Russian ancestry, and a cousin of Gustav III of Sweden and of Charles XIII of Sweden

Names involved

Catherine II the Great

Provenance

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