Go-Getters: Catherine I

Womanica

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History, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Catherine I (1684-1727) was born a peasant before marrying the Tsar of Russia, Peter the Great. She eventually succeeded her husband as Empress of Russia. She ruled Russia from 1725 until her death in 1727. Her appointment as Empress set off an era of nearly all female rulers in Russia in the second quarter of the eighteenth century – the so-called “Petticoat Reigns.”

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0:00.0	Before there was internet fraud and phone scams, there were always swindlers.
0:05.4	Female swindlers too.
0:07.4	Discover the stories of women from the past who not only survived, but thrived as con-artists and thieves.
0:16.6	How did they use their feminine characteristics to swindle in a world where men made the rules?
0:24.0	Join me, Lucy Worsley, historian and author, and my all-female team in ladies swindlers,
0:31.2	wherever you get your podcasts.
0:36.1	Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Womanica.
0:40.9	This month we're talking about go-getters, women who purposefully, or sometimes accidentally,
0:46.3	acquired life-changing wealth, good fortune, or influence.
0:49.8	Today we're talking about a woman who was born a peasant and died, Empress of Russia.
0:55.5	Meet Catherine I.
0:58.5	Very little is known about Catherine I's early life.
1:02.4	It's believed that she was born Marta Skavronska in 1884.
1:06.9	When she was three years old, her parents died at the plague, and she was raised by a Lutheran pastor.
1:12.8	Marta lived a quiet life in Marienborg in modern-day Latvia.
1:17.1	Since she was born into a low social status, she did not receive an education and couldn't read or write.
1:23.8	When she was 17 years old, Marta married a Swedish soldier.
1:31.3	At the time, Russia was at war with Sweden over control of the Baltic region. During this conflict, Russian forces took over Marta's town.
1:35.3	There are conflicting accounts about how Marta got from Marienborg to Russia,
1:40.3	but eventually she became part of the household of a well-known statesman.
1:45.5	That could have been the end of Marta's story, but fate had something different in store for her.
1:50.8	The statesman was a close confidant of the Tsar, Peter I.
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