Catherine I of Russia

Reign: 1725 – 1727
Life: 1684–1727

Early life Her place of birth and the details of her early life have not yet been precisely determined. According to another version, she was born in the territory of modern Latvia - either in Swedish Livonia or in the Duchy of Courland , namely in Jacobstadt (now Jēkabpils , Latvia). 5 April), she was originally named Marta Helena Skowrońska. While the city was being built he lived in a modest three-room log cabin (with a study but without a fire-place) with Catherine. The relationship was the most successful of the tsar's life and a great number of letters exist demonstrating the strong affection between Catherine and Peter I. There, she was said to have saved Peter and his future empire, as related by Voltaire in his book Peter the Great .

During Catherine I of Russia's reign, Frederick William I of Prussia ruled Prussia, Louis XV of France ruled France, and Philip V of Spain ruled Spain.

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