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Life of Catherine the Great, Princess of Bohemia and Empress of Russia
Her beginings
A descendant of Wenceslaus II and Elisabeth Richeza of Greater Poland, the daughter of Przemysl IV, the margrave of Posen and Pomerellia.
On 1729, Przemyslaw IV, the Margrave of Posen and Pomerellia’s wife gave birth to a daughter, the daugher was named Richeza, named after her ancestor, Elisabeth Richeza of Poland, she is known to be a beauty and many princes wanted to marry her.
Przemyslaw IV is the margrave of Posen and Pomerellia and a member of the Royal house of Przemyslid of Bohemia, so naturally many people wanted to marry her.
Emperor Peter I of Russia wanted to marry Richeza of Posen but with a price and it is the alliance of the Bohemian Empire and Russia to happen.

On 1745, the beautiful Richeza of Posen arrives in Kremlin and the rest of her life happened the problem in her is that she is in love with her cousin, Wenceslaus VIII, King of Bohemia and Poland and can’t get over it, she wanted to marry Wenceslaus VIII but the marriage was not approved by her father who wanted a better groom to her, she is compared to her cousin, dashing Marie-Therese who became queen of France, she glanced at the direction of her homeland after her journey to Kremlin.
It was said herself that her life became miserable after her arrival at Kremlin, she took the name Catherine Alexandra Richeza.




The Young Richeza of Posen
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