Now that Catherine has attempted to kill her husband, will they live happily ever after? Marriage is tough enough without the added responsibility of running an empire, so it’s no surprise that ...

Her decision to act and overthrow her husband was accelerated by Peter antagonising the key factions at court and behaving dangerously irrationally, as she wrote in her memoirs. Catherine II (1729 ...

Catherine the Great and her husband are headed to couples therapy. After an assassination gone wrong left the fate — and the marriage — of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) and Peter ...

How Catherine really became 'The Great' Once the upstart foreigner stole Russia’s throne, there was no stopping her enlightened reforms, her empire's expansion, and her pursuit of love and legacy.

Many wonder how much of The Great is true, as the Hulu original series detailing Catherine the Great's rise to power often feels almost too bombastic to be taken from real life. The Great never ...

By her own admission, all three of her children were likely bastards, the issue of her many dalliances with several lovers. But she was hardly unique in this regard. Most powerful men of the time — ...

When we last saw Catherine and her husband, Emperor Peter (Hoult), the two were locked in a tight embrace. Of course, this embrace came after Catherine attempted to kill Peter (she stabbed his ...

And, as hinted at in the trailer, Catherine the Great starts making a name for herself beyond her borders. Having been inspired by a visit from the US ambassador, she sets up a conference where ...

Elle Fanning is opening up about Hulu‘s cancellation of The Great and imagining what her character would be doing next.. The streamer axed the Tony McNamara-created series after three seasons ...

Catherine the Great poses with her husband Peter III, and son Paul I, who would later rule Russia from 1796 to 1801. Photograph by Fine Art Images, Heritage Images/Getty Compared to the rest of ...