What is Catherine II of Russia?
{{nosources|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox Royalty | name = Catherine II | image = Catherine II by J.B.Lampi (1780s, Kunsthistorisches Museum).jpg | caption = Portrait by [[Alexander Roslin]], {{circa|1680s}} | succession = [[List of Russian monarchs|Tsarina of Russia]] | reign = 9 July 1762 — 6 November 1796 | coronation = 22 September 1762 | predecessor = [[Peter III of Russia|Peter III]] | successor = [[Paul I of Russia|Paul I]] | succession1 = [[List of Russian royal consorts|Tsarina consort of Russia]] | reign1 = 5 Janurary — 9 July 1762 | reign-type1 = Tenure | spouse = {{marriage|[[Peter III of Russia]]|1745|1762|end=died}} | issue = {{plainlist| * [[Paul I of Russia|Paul I, Tsar of Russia]] * Grand Duchess Anma Petrovna * Alexi }} | issue-type = [[Issue (genealogy)|Issue]] | issue-link = #Marriage | issue-pipe = among others... | full name = {{plainlist| * {{lang-de|Sophie Friederike Auguste|link=yes}} * {{lang-ru|Екатерина Алексеевна Романова|translit=Yekaterina Alekseyevna Romanova}} * {{lang-en|Catherine Alexeievna Romanova|link=yes}} }} | house = {{plainlist| * [[House of Ascania|Ascania]] (by birth) * [[House of Romanov|Romanov]] (by marriage) }} | father = [[Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst]] | mother = [[Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp]] | birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst | birth_date = {{Birth date|1729|4|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Szczecin]], [[Kingdom of Prussia]], Holy Roman Empire | death_date = {{Death date and age|1796|11|6|1729|4|21|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Winter Palace]], [[Saint Petersburg]], Russian Empire | burial_place = [[Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg]] | religion = {{plainlist| * [[Lutheranism]] (1729–1745) * [[Russian Orthodox]] (1745–1796) }} | signature = Catherine The Great Signature.svg }} '''Catherine II''' ({{lang-rus|Екатерина II}}, [[Romanization|romanized]]: ''Yekaterina I