![]() Sophie is quoted as having called Peter "detestable" and the two showed very little interest in each other, another point to note as Catherine is portrayed as having held high romantic hopes for a "great love" with Peter in the show. The deal was made, however, while the two were still quite young, and they would actually meet on a number of occasions over the years before their marriage, a differing point from the Hulu series that depicts the pair meeting for the first time days before their wedding, and while the pair are both older. ![]() The marriage suited political needs, in that the bond would strengthen relations between Prussia and Russia and intimidate rivaling countries such as Austria. Sophie's mother, Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, envisioned a future for the family, and through her wealthy and noble relatives and friends, was able to secure a deal to marry Sophie off to the Tsar of Russia in waiting, and her second cousin, Peter III. ![]() Her father, Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst, had failed to become a Duke in the region, thus casting the family into financial difficulty. ![]() Before becoming Great, Catherine was born Sophie Friedrich August von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg on May 2, 1729, in what was then called Prussia to a family from a sector of German royalty with four other sisters. ![]()
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