Gillian Anderson is cast in Season 2 of The Great on Hulu as Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, who was a real person and mother to Catherine the Great.
Biographythe Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp, which didn't have much land or wealth. But it was in a strategic place between Denmark and Germany, and on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Many powers in the area saw the region as a place to wrestle for control of the Baltic and Northern Europe, so they had some influence. But ultimately, Joanna was married to Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst at 15 years old.
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