Catherine's NOT Great Mom - Worst Mom's in History #shorts

Worst Moms in history Empress Katherine of Russia was pretty great but her mom not so much Johanna Elizabeth of Holstein gorp was a deeply unhappy woman having grown up in a glittering court she was married at 15 to a comparatively poor Prince 21 years her senior so her greatest Hope was to regain status by marrying her kids up but she was bitterly disappointed when her first child Sophia the future Katherine the Great was a girl Johanna neglected Sophia doting on her sickly younger brother instead until he died her efforts then refocused on marrying off Sophia which included a campaign of verbal abuse and criticism to help her but finally she engaged Sophia to Peter III heir to the throne of Russia so you'd think Yanna would finally be happy right wrong in fact she became Furious that Sophia was now the center of attention for instance at the engagement dinner she threw such a fit about her seat placement that Empress Elizabeth cordially sat her at a new table in an empty room by herself oh and she was also spying on behalf of Russia so you know there was that and when she left Russia she never saw her daughter again for all the historical hot Goss check out the full episode below and subscribe for more stories of the

Channel: Extra History

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Length: 1min 0sec (60 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 27 2024