Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Happy Birthday, Catherine the Great!

Catherine c. 1745 by Grooth
A big happy birthday to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, born on this day in 1729. She was one of the other two eighteenth century rulers considered to be the enlightenment ideal besides Joseph II, mentioned in a previous post. Who was the third, you ask? Frederick II of Prussia.

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