Talk:Peter III of Russia
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QUOTE Peter was born in Kiel. His parents were Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna, a daughter of Emperor Peter the Great of Russia and his second wife, Catherine I of Russia (a former Latvian peasant, Martha Skavronskaya)UNQUOTE
That's of course all wrong. Martha Skavronska was not a Latvian peasant since even the word Latvian did not exist then. There was no Latvia, no concept of Latvia and no Latvian peasants either. Martha Skavronska was not a Lettish serf either, she was most likely of free Polish Lithunian descent and came from minor clergy family.
- Where was she from? Livonia, Courland, Lithuania? At any rate, feel free to change it. john k 19:20, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Does that bit about Catherine's real names and nationality belong here, really? The Frederick 15:31, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
"Peter's son the tyrannical Emperor Paul" - do you really think Paul was tyrannical???
I removed the tyrannical. It sounds... i don't know, biased? - Martens
Here is an interesting website about Czar Peter[[1]]
