Catherine the Great - Not Quite Catherine Yet - Extra History - Part 1

📜 History of Catherine the Great, Part 1
Before she became Catherine the Great, the legendary empress of Russia, she was a smart but lonely girl named Sophia. Her mother ignored her until family connections proposed a marriage between Sophia and the presumptive heir to the Russian throne - and suddenly she was thrown from her quiet life in a backwoods mansion to the center of a cutthroat political world.

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[m.h.]

At least Catherine and Frederick could relate to each other about the whole 'having terrible parents' thing

[AYVYN]

Frederick had the rarest skill any leader can have. An accurate judgment of character.

[poopa]

Normies: "5 years older"

Extra Credits (an intellectual): " *Half a decade older* "

[facey]

It’s been on my recommended for five moths YOU WIN YOUTUBE OK?!

[Ok-ynuo]

How to abuse and neglect your child 101

[tummywubs]

Was her mother the inspiration for Cinderella's stepmother?

[roeggleston]

Is it just me or would Catherine's story be good as a musical? Like Hamilton.

[weirddude]

Oversimplified: GO FOR JOKES
Simple history: GO ALL ON HISTORY
Extra credits: Eh lets do both!

[connormclernon]

For all that it was realpolitik, it's nice that Frederick treated Sophia with kindness. Perhaps he saw a bit of his own situation in her.

[jakubgawronski]

Man, her mother sounds like an stereotypical Crusader kings 2 player.

[paulnash]

Sophie: *Despised by her mother for being a girl.*
Me: Does anyone else detect a slight hint of hypocrisy?

[jesseberg]

Just a thought, people weren't staring at Fredrick making conversation with a child, they were staring at Fredrick making conversation with *a woman, * something he was not well known for doing.

[stablernose]

When I was young I asked "what happened before the universe" and questioned religion but I didn't become a russian queen life is unfair

[VulcanTrekkie]

Damn, the only thing keeping Johanna from being a complete wicked stepmother is the fact that she was Sophia's actual mother.

[gale]

Coming back to this after the first episode about Frederick the Great...no wonder the two got along.

[alastorparker]

"Visiting Relatives to find a match"


SWEET HOME ALABAMA

[pugperson]

“16 pug dogs.” Awww pugs are the best why would that be bad?
“That did everything dogs do.”

[chichitim]

"She could memorize things with ease, but she frequently infuriated her tutors by BEING SMART."
Short version. 😂💓

[brucejedilee]

Sophie (Catherine): *Exists*
Joanna Elisabeth: How dare you?

[chrisfloyd]

Toxic mothers don't get talked about enough