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: Anna Petrovna was the name of Peter III's
: mother and of his legal short lived
: daughter. Catherine II also gave birth to a
: third child while still officially married
: to Peter. By that time her husband had
: succeeded to the throne and Catherine hid
: the pregnancy by wearing large mourning
: garments for the recently deceased Empress
: Elisabeth. When she started to deliver her
: baby a loyal courtier of her set his house
: on fire knowing that Peter would go to
: organise the fire brigade and the rest of
: the court would follow him. So Catherine
: could safely be delivered of her second son
: Count Bobrinski.
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