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Catherine II
"Women fell under her spell as well as men, for
underlying her engaging femininity was a masculine strength
which gave her the courage to present a bland and smiling
mask in the face of the greatest tribulations." Sophia Augusta
Frederica was born into a small Prussian kingdom in 1729.
Her hometown was in Stettin, Germany. Her birth was a
great disappointment to her parents, her father, Prince
Christian August of Anhalt- Zerbst and her mother, Johanna
Elizabeth, daughter of the prince of Holstein – Gottorp. Both
parents had hoped for a son. After they did finally have a
son, she was neglected even more. Although, when her
parents discovered that she had
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