Catherine The Great!!!

Born: 21/04/1729

Died:17/11/1796

In 1744, she arrived in Russia as the Grand Duchess Catherine Alekseyevna and married Peter, grandson of Peter the Great and heir to the thrown.The marriage was an unhappy one and on her arrival in Russia, Catherine suffered from a form of pleurisy, which causes sharp pains in the chest. She had to have her blood let by a doctor four times in one day, which she claimed saved her life.Catherine was intelligent and ambitious. During her husband's lifetime, she had at least three lovers and, if her hints are to be believed, none of her children were his. It is thought that she had affairs with Alexander Vasilchikov, Sergei Saltykov and Stanislaw August Poniatowski, among others.