Catherine The Great Horse Lover

There are about 12 20 recorded lovers and most of her affairs lasted a few years.

Catherine the great horse lover. Her first love count sergei saltykov 1726 1765 was her lover from 1752 to 1754. In 1779 an advisor led catherine into a room where catherine s latest lover ivan rimsky korsakov was having intercourse with bruce. The truss holding her equine paramour broke crushing catherine to death. Just don t mention the horses catherine the great is one of the more famous russian rulers.

It grew larger and stronger and was recognised as one of the. But during and after a disastrous marriage catherine had many lovers and there were even rumors that these lovers included animals. Catherine loved to be in love writing the trouble is that my heart is. There is a well known legend surrounding empress catherine the great of russia and it involves a horse.

According to legend russian empress catherine the great died while attempting to engage in sexual intercourse with a horse. Catherine and sergei saltykov. She came to power following a coup d état that overthrew her husband peter iii under her reign russia was revitalised. While some historians argue that catherine took 22 male lovers others claim that she had only 12 romantic relationships.

The myth is that catherine was crushed to death by a horse while attempting to have sex with it. The story about catherine s alleged yen for horses probably has its roots in the fact that she had an active and unusually public sex life. She had numerous lovers throughout her long reign one of whom grigori potemkin procured young men for her after their own relationship cooled. Sergei was part of the russian nobility and descended from the posh rurik family.

Catherine ii born sophie of anhalt zerbst. The lover was sent into exile and bruce followed him. It is widely reported that catherine and countess praskovya aleksandrovna bruce s relationship didn t end well. Lord byron s don juan around the age of twenty two becomes her lover after the siege of ismail 1790 in a fiction written only about twenty five years after catherine s death in 1796.

Usually the collapse of a harness or lifting mechanism is blamed. Rumors of catherine s private life had a large basis in the fact that she took many young lovers even in old age. At the time she was married to the grand duke peter hg romanov the heir to the russian throne.