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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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 ● Jun. 20, 2023

Should win: Hoult, playing a vain, unpredictable, glass-breaking, headbutting and unethical Peter III of Russia in “The Great,” sucking the oxygen from every scene.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022

The scene stealer, let it be known, is Nicholas Hoult's Emperor Peter III.

From Salon ● May 15, 2020

The series tracks the rise of Catherine, who seized power from her husband, Emperor Peter III, in a 1762 coup and went on to become one of Russia’s most famous — if misunderstood — rulers.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2020

But, it may be objected, how explain his revelations in the matter of the fire at Stockholm, the missing receipt, the message to Queen Ulrica, and the death of Peter III.?

From Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce