'Catherine II', (1729-1796), 1830. Catherine the Great (1729-1796) born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, Empress of Russia from 1762-1796 following a coup d'etat she organised, resulting in her husband, Peter III, being overthrown. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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