Talk:Peter III of Russia
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QUOTE Peter was born in Kiel. His parents were Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna, a daughter of Emperor Peter the Great of Russia and his second wife, Catherine I of Russia (a former Latvian peasant, Martha Skavronskaya)UNQUOTE
That's of course all wrong. Martha Skavronska was not a Latvian peasant since even the word Latvian did not exist then. There was no Latvia, no concept of Latvia and no Latvian peasants either. Martha Skavronska was not a Lettish serf either, she was most likely of free Polish Lithunian descent and came from minor clergy family.
- Where was she from? Livonia, Courland, Lithuania? At any rate, feel free to change it. john k 19:20, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Does that bit about Catherine's real names and nationality belong here, really? The Frederick 15:31, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
"Peter's son the tyrannical Emperor Paul" - do you really think Paul was tyrannical???
I removed the tyrannical. It sounds... i don't know, biased? - Martens
Here is an interesting website about Czar Peter[[1]]
[edit] Posthumous Coronation?
I was just looking through The Book of Facts Volume 1 by Isaac Asimov. It's essentially a book of trivia - about the obscure and the weird, "interesting things". Like many books, it has on the first page an excerpt of the text. The first part of the excerpt is as follows: "Did you know that Czar Peter III of Russia was murdered before his coronation and was crowned 35 years later when his coffin was opened expressly for that purpose?". It certainly is the stuff of Trivia books. This doesn't seem to be at all reflected in the article... Perhaps another source could be found to substantiate it? I'm not going to insert it until I see some form of verification. A hasty google search indicates he ascended the throne while living... --The Chairman (Shout me ยท Stalk me) 02:53, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Insanity?
Eleanor Herman's book "Sex with the Queen" depicts Peter III as a man who was mentally disturbed. She describes him as having a deformed foreskin which made intercourse impossible, so instead of making love to his wife he forces her to drill with a rifle at night and locked dogs in her closet to defecate on her clothes. At one point he attacked Catherine with a sword. She later describes him taking joy in watching buildings burn and makes no bones about calling him a pyromaniac. His disturbing eccentricities are not really reflected in the article. Are other sources consistent in this regard? 75.93.59.254 22:11, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
He also used to play with toy soldiers in bed rather than make moves on his wife.
24.31.111.166 21:03, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
