Peter III

American  

noun

1. 1728–62, czar of Russia 1762 (husband of Catherine II; father of Paul I).

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Peter III British  

noun

1. 1728–62, grandson of Peter I and tsar of Russia (1762): deposed in a coup d'état led by his wife (later Catherine II); assassinated

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Example Sentences

In 1762, thanks to the muddled lines of Romanov heredity and the abdication of her unimpressive husband, Emperor Peter III, the Prussian-born Empress Catherine took possession of the despotic throne of all the Russias—a realm that was, in the words of Isabel de Madariaga, “quite alien” to modern notions of law, “a system of formal rules valid yesterday, today, and tomorrow for everyone.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Justifying the multicultural casting in “Bridgerton,” a Regency-era fable, is simpler than explaining the presence of non-white nobles in Emperor Peter III’s Russia as depicted in “The Great.”

From Salon

Starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult and created and produced by Tony McNamara, “The Great” followed Catherine the Great — Russia’s longest-reigning empress from 1762 to 1796 — as she navigated her roller-coaster relationship with husband Peter III of Russia.

From Los Angeles Times

Over three seasons as Catherine the Great and Peter III of Russia, the actors tangled with love, treachery and the rule of a nation.

From Los Angeles Times

For three seasons on the anti-historical Hulu dramedy series, the Emmy-nominated actors, who first worked together in the 2014 sci-fi film “Young Ones,” have gone toe-to-toe as Empress Catherine the Great and Peter III of Russia.

From Los Angeles Times