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  • APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The Catherine the Great family tree, from Zerbst to the Romanov throne. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/catherine-the-great-family-tree
  • MLA“The Catherine the Great Family Tree, from Zerbst to the Romanov Throne.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/catherine-the-great-family-tree.
  • ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Catherine the Great Family Tree, from Zerbst to the Romanov Throne.” Last modified November 10, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/catherine-the-great-family-tree.
  • HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Catherine the Great Family Tree, from Zerbst to the Romanov Throne. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/catherine-the-great-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).

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Sources

Every source was opened on 10 November 2026. The Deutsche Biographie is cited first, and Wikipedia for exact dates and later lives. The Deutsche Biographie places the death of Catherine at Tsarskoye Selo, and Wikipedia at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. The chart writes Saint Petersburg.

Deutsche Biographie

  1. Peter III.
  2. Maria Feodorowna
  3. Katharina II.

Wikipedia

  1. Catherine the Great
  2. Paul I of Russia
  3. Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
  4. Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia
  5. Natalia Alexeievna (Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt)
  6. Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
  7. Alexander I of Russia
  8. Nicholas I of Russia
  9. Elizabeth of Russia

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