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Princess Catherine Bagration (Russian: Екатерина Павловна Багратион; née Skavronskaya (Скавронская); 7 December 1783 – 2 June [ O.S. 21 May] 1857) was a Russian princess, married to the general prince Peter Bagration. She was known for her beauty, love affairs and unconventional behavior.
Catherine Bagration (1783-1857) was a beautiful and unconventional woman who married a general against her will, but had many affairs with influential men in Europe. She became a famous salonnière in Vienna, a pro-Russian diplomat, and a friend of Goethe and Metternich.
Welcome to Forgotten Lives! In today's episode we are looking into the life of Princess Catherine Bagration, a Russian princess known for her beauty, love a...
8 de may. de 2024 · The infamous Princess Catherine Bagration’s spectacular Spinel Tiara and Parure was acquired in the 1970s by the wealthy late 6th Duke of Westminster for his illustrious Duchess, who celebrates her 65th Birthday today.
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (left), a daughter of Emperor Paul I of Russia, was passionately in love with Prince Bagration. That worried the Russian royal family, and to avoid future relations between the two, the Emperor Paul forced Bagration to marry Princess Catherine Skavronskaya (right) in 1800.
Catherine was the first woman to rule Imperial Russia, opening the legal path for a century almost entirely dominated by women, including her daughter Elizabeth and granddaughter-in-law Catherine the Great, all of whom continued Peter the Great's policies in modernizing Russia.
En 1814, Catherine Bragation est au Congrès de Vienne, où l’on dit d’elle que « l’Andromède russe » est en compétition avec la duchesse Wilhelmine de Sagan, « la Cléopâtre de Kurland » les deux femmes ayant été les maîtresses de Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich.
