Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (Russian: Григорий Григорьевич Орлов; 17 October 1734 – 24 April 1783 [a]) was a favourite of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1772), state and military figure, collector, patron of …

Apr 4, 2025 · Grigory Orlov, military officer and lover of Catherine the Great, empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. He organized the coup d’etat that placed Catherine on the Russian throne and subsequently was her close adviser.

Oct 14, 2020 · Emblazoned with a reputation for sexual promiscuity, the longest-reigning Empress of Russia was actually a “serial monogamist” who sent her exes off with lovely...

Count Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (1734–1783), who created for his family such an illustrious Russian history, was the son of Gregory Orlov, governor of Great Novgorod. He was educated in the corps of cadets at St Petersburg, began his military career in the Seven Years' War, and was wounded at Zorndorf.

May 15, 2020 · Army officer Grigory Potemkin was arguably the greatest love of Catherine’s life, though her relationship with Grigory Orlov, who helped the empress overthrow Peter III, technically lasted...

May 26, 2024 · One of Catherine‘s earliest and most influential lovers was Grigory Orlov, the dashing military officer who led the coup to depose her inadequate husband Peter III in 1762. With Orlov‘s help, Catherine seized the throne, keeping her lover by her side as a trusted advisor [3].

Grigory Orlov was a Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine the Great who organized the coup to place her on the Russian throne and subsequently helped the Empress rule the country.

As Peter III was ascending to the throne in 1762, Catherine was pregnant with her third child, Alexis, who was again the offspring of another lover, Grigory Orlov. Orlov played a pivotal role in the conspiracy to dethrone Catherine's husband later that same year.

Feb 25, 2025 · Grigory Orlov (born October 6 [October 17, New Style], 1734, Lyutkino, Tver province, Russia—died April 13 [April 24], 1783, Neskuchnoye, near Moscow) was a military officer and lover of Catherine the Great, empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.

Светлейший князь (с 1772) Григо́рий Григо́рьевич Орло́в (6 [17] октября 1734, село Люткино, Бежецкий уезд, Тверская губерния, Российская империя — 13 [24] апреля 1783, Москва, Российская империя) — генерал-фельдцейхмейстер, фаворит императрицы Екатерины II, второй из братьев Орловых, строитель Гатчинского и Мраморного дворцов.