Princess Sophia Augusta Frederika of Anhalt-Zerbst, later Catherine the Great of Russia was born on April 21, 1729 in Stettin, Prussian Kingdom. Her father was Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst. Her mother was a very strict person and grounded her daughter for anything she did wrong. Her parents weren’t happy in there marriage, therefore didn’t spent much time together. Her mother traveled a lot to her family and Sophia sometimes traveled with her. She didn’t receive much of an education. Sophia in her childhood visited Zerbst, Hamburg, Berlin and other cities. From that time she remembers one thing very clearly a meeting with an old priest who told her mother: “Your daughter will have a magnificent future. I see three crowns
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