Although we now pay attention to science, but sometimes the ancient sayings handed down by the ancients, seemingly superstitious but not unreasonable, such as feng shui turns, people's life can not be smooth, maybe one day you once looked down on the characters, will be famous all over the world. The woman we are talking about today, from a maid to an empress, also called the hostess when she was a maid to come to the palace to meet her, and the intention is naturally self-evident.
This person is Catherine I, formerly known as Marta, there is no clear historical record of her origin, but most of the legends that have been handed down, her birth is not high, her parents are the lowest people, some people say that her father was a farmer, a craftsman or a serf, no matter what kind of identity, it is destined that the starting point of Marta's life is not high.
Later, Marta's parents died of the plague, and the young Marta followed her aunt to Marinburg and worked as a maid in the aristocratic family of Görk, and Madame Görk was not a good stubble, Marta naturally did not have the opportunity to receive the most basic education, resulting in her missing the best time to study and becoming a solid illiterate.
As Marta grew older, she became more and more beautiful, young and beautiful, and naturally attracted the attention of young lads. However, Marta had a secret affair with the young master of the family, and when Madame Glerk noticed this, she immediately married Marta, who was only 17 years old, to a cavalryman, but the marriage lasted only 8 days, and because of the war, the couple lost contact.
Marta met Field Marshal Boris by chance, and with Boris's help she left Poland for Russia, where a turning point in her life began. At that time, Marta came to a place where she was not familiar with life, and naturally relied on acquaintances to help herself, and these acquaintances also had to use Marta's beauty to attract contacts, so Marta met the person who changed her fate after several twists and turns, that is, Alexander, a friend of Peter the Great.
Marta was working in Alexander's house, where Peter the Great was attracted by Marta's eccentric gestures, and the two soon walked together, and a year later Marta bore Peter the Great a son. However, at that time, Peter the Great already had an empress, and Marta's name was not right, she could only be Peter's mistress, and later changed her name to Catherine.
Don't think that Catherine is just a vase, even the most beautiful appearance will have a boring day, Peter the Great in the process of getting along with Catherine, often take her out on the expedition, he found that Catherine in many things coincided with him, this spiritual fit is the most pleasing to Peter the Great, and Catherine is naturally more pampered.
Later, peter the great married Catherine for the second time when the two had known each other for nearly ten years. Because the first time the two were secretly married, it was not announced to the outside world, and this time it was bright and upright, Catherine officially became Peter's second wife, which meant that her status was recognized. Before the two married, Peter the Great sent his first wife to the convent, and Catherine was made empress.
Catherine and Peter the Great had more than a dozen children, but only two daughters lived to adulthood, and these two daughters were not simple, the eldest daughter was the mother-in-law of the future empress, equivalent to Catherine's granddaughter-in-law who was also the empress; the younger daughter was the Empress Elizabeth, whom we all know. After Peter the Great's first wife was deposed, the sons of the two annoyed Peter the Great, causing Peter the Great to behead him in anger.
The only prince is gone, Peter the Great a hundred years later, there is no heir, at this time someone proposed to Catherine, let her ascend the throne, just like this, with the support of everyone, Catherine turned from empress to Russian empress, Catherine became a queen can be regarded as a bad breath, she called Lady Görk, who had previously looked down on her, and did not do anything, just wanted to let the other party see, to achieve the purpose of humiliation.
After reading the life experience of Catherine I, I have to sigh that although this kind of character with a great reversal in life is not common, we should not look down on any inconspicuous character, everyone's potential is huge, and it is better to have one more friend than one more enemy.