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  1. Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (24 October 1712 – 30 May 1760) was a member of the German House of Holstein-Gottorp, a princess consort of Anhalt-Zerbst by marriage, and the regent of Anhalt-Zerbst from 1747 to 1752 on behalf of her minor son, Frederick Augustus.

  2. Nov 19, 2021 · In season 2, Anderson was cast as Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, the mother of Catherine the Great and, on the show at least, not someone you want to mess with. When Joanna...

  3. Dec 3, 2021 · There’s a dearth of information about the real Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, but Anderson says one fact encapsulates the character’s warped priorities.

  4. Johanna Elizabeth was a princess of Holstein-Gottorp and the mother of Catherine II the Great. She was involved in a diplomatic intrigue with Frederick the Great and was banished from Russia in 1745.

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  6. The diplomatic intrigue failed, largely due to the intervention of Sophie's mother, Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp. Historical accounts portray Joanna as a cold, abusive woman who loved gossip and court intrigues.

  7. Jul 15, 2020 · In the early hours of 2 May 1729, 16-year-old Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein Gottorp, wife of the 39-year-old Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, gave birth to her first child in a merchant’s house in Szczecin (in present-day Poland).

  8. Princess Johanna Elizabeth was the daughter of the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp; she was brought up at Wolfenbüttel Castle by her godfather, the Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In 1727, aged fifteen, she married Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690-1747).

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