Catherine I

American  

noun

1. Marfa Skavronskaya, 1684?–1727, Lithuanian wife of Peter the Great: empress of Russia 1725–27.

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Catherine I British  

noun

1. ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)

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Example Sentences

Plans call for a replica of an 18th century cathedral dedicated to Empress Catherine I. The atheist Soviet government demolished the original cathedral in 1930.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead of going out for inclusion classes, I shook my head and told Catherine I didn’t want to go.

From Literature

In the reign of Catherine I. he became a member of the supreme privy council which had the chief conduct of affairs during this and the succeeding reigns.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1727, on the invitation of Catherine I., Euler took up his residence in St Petersburg, and was made an associate of the Academy of Sciences.

From Project Gutenberg

"It was to a noise like thunder, and close clasped in a soldier's embrace, that Catherine I. made her first appearance in Russian history."

From Project Gutenberg