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Oct 21, 2019 · How many lovers did Catherine the Great really have? While some historians argue that Catherine took 22 male lovers, others claim that she had only 12 romantic relationships.
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Oct 14, 2020 · Emblazoned with a reputation for sexual promiscuity, the longest-reigning Empress of Russia was actually a “serial monogamist” who sent her exes off with lovely parting gifts. By Rachel Chang ...
Jul 16, 2022 · According to several historical records, there was an intimate test to become a lover of Catherine the Great. Before being welcomed into Catherine’s bed, prospective suitors had to first satisfy Catherine’s lady-in-waiting (personal assistant), Countess Praskovya Aleksandrovna Bruce.
Rumours of Catherine's private life had a small basis in the fact that she took many young lovers, even in old age. (Lord Byron's Don Juan, around the age of 22, becomes her lover after the siege of Ismail (1790), in a fiction written only about 25 years after Catherine's death in 1796.)
Catherine the Great is said to have had about a dozen lovers throughout her reign — she was a “serial monogamist,” as Montefiore puts it — but Grigory Potemkin was the love of her life.
Oct 21, 2019 · Catherine the Great had several lovers and favorites, but Grigory Potemkin was the most powerful. He helped her rule and expand the Russian empire.
Nov 4, 2019 · These are Catherine the Great’s 12 lovers: 1. Catherine and Sergei Saltykov: her first love. Count Sergei Saltykov (1726-1765) was her lover from 1752 to 1754. At the time, she was married to the Grand Duke Peter HG-Romanov, the heir to the Russian throne.
