Katerina Petrova

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## Biographical Information:

### Legal Name

Katherine Victoria Anne PierceKatherine Victoria Anne Mikaelson

### Turned

* By Rose-Marie on April 6, 1492 (First Time)
* By Possessing Elena Gilbert (Second Time)
* By Lorelei Gilbert (Third Time)

### Occupation

* Noblewoman (15th Century)
* Socialite (19th Century)
* The Cure (Formerly)
* Member of the Travelers (Formerly)
* College Student (Formerly/By possessing Elena)

### Title(s)

* Kath (By Mason)
* Psychotic Doppelgänger, Evil Vampire Slut, Smiley, Katherine Freakin' Pierce, Evil One, Kitty-Kat (All By Damon)
* Mom, Mommy (Both By Emersyn)
* Aunt Katherine, Aunt Kath, Auntie Kat (Both By Sophia, Jenna, Håkon,  Alexandria, Miranda, Henrik, Qetsiyah, Mathias, Lillian Salvatore, and Eden Salvatore)

### Species

* Witch (Formerly)
* Vampire (Niklaus' Bloodline) (Formerly)
* Passenger (Formerly)
* Spirit of Hell (Formerly)
* Hybrid/Doppelgänger (Vampire, Witch) (Lore's Bloodline) (Currently)

### House

* New Orleans, French Quarter, The Mikaelson Compound (Formerly)
* Italy, Rome, Europe, Elijah and Katherine's Penthouse (Currently)

## Romantic Infomation

### Significant Others

* Elijah Mikaelson (Husband)
* Mason Lockwood (Ex-Boyfriend; Used Him)
* Stefan Salvatore (Ex-Boyfriend; Dated While Dating His Brother, Damon)
* Damon Salvatore (Ex-Boyfriend; Dated While Dating His Brother, Stefan)

## Family Information:

### Parents

* Mr. Petrova (Biological Father; Deceased)
* Mrs. Petrova (Biological Mother; Deceased)
* Ansel Olsen (Step-Father-in-law)
* Esther Einar (Mother-in-law)
* Mikael Mikaelson (Father-in-law; Deceased)

### Siblings

* Emersyn Petrova (Sister; Deceased)
* Freya Mikaeldotter (Sister-in-law)
* Mathias Griffith-Malraux (Nephew-in-law)
* Finn Mikaelson (Brother-in-law)
* Niklaus Mikaelson (Half-Brother-in-law)
* Jenna Mikaelson (Half-Niece-in-law)
* Miranda Kenner Step-Half-Niece-in-law)
* Alexandria Mikaelson (Half-Niece-in-law)
* Håkon Mikaelson (Half-Nephew-in-law)
* Henrik Mikaelson (Half-Nephew-in-law)
* Neveah Mikaeldotter (Half-Sister-in-law)
* Sophia Mikaelson-Salvatore (Half-Niece-in-law)
* Kol Mikaelson (Brother-in-law)
* Qetsiyah Mikaelson (Niece-in-law)
* Rebekah Mikaeldotter (Sister-in-law)
* Lillian Salvatore (Niece-in-law)
* Eden Salvatore (Niece-in-law)
* Henrik Mikaelson (Brother-in-law; Deceased)

### Children

* Nadia Petrova (First Born, First Daughter
* Emersyn Mikaelson (Second Born, Second Daughter)

### Other Relatives

* Amara (Maternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Tatia (Maternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Tatia's Child (Maternal Ancestor; Deceased)
* Elena Gilbert (Descendant)
* Lorelei Gilbert (Descendant)

## Loyalty Information:

### Affiliation

* The Petrova Family (By Birth)
* The Einar Family (By Marriage/Daughter)
* The Einar Coven (By Marriage/Daughter)
* The Mikaelson Family (By Marriage/Daughter)
* The Mikaelson Coven (By Marriage/Daughter)

## Supernatural Information:

### Significant Sires

* Damon Salvatore
* Stefan Salvatore
* Henry Wattles (Deceased)
* Noah (Deceased)
* Pearl (Deceased)
* Annabelle
* Most Of The Tomb Vampires (Deceased)

### Cause of Death

* Hanging (First; As A Witch; Turned Into A Vampire)
* Drained of blood (Second Time As A Traveler)
* Stabbed with the Traveler Knife (Third Time; As A Passenger)

### Killed By

* Herself (First; As A Witch; Turned Into A Vampire)
* Silas (Second Time As A Traveler)
* Stefan Salvatore (Third Time; As A Passenger)

## Appearance Information:

### Played by

* Nina Dobrev

**Katherine Victoria Anne Mikaelson** (née **Pierce,** born **Katerina Victoria Anne Petrova**) (**Bulgarian**: Катерина Петрова) was a witch of the Traveler sub-culture and a former main character of *The Vampire Diaries* and *The Originals.* She is a guest star in *Legacies*. She is also the second-known Petrova Doppelgänger of Amara. She was the main antagonist of season one (mostly off-screen through John Gilbert's and Isobel's actions, as both were working for her in order to kill off the tomb vampires), and one of the main antagonists of season two, the second half of season four and the first half of season five of *The Vampire Diaries* and later became a deuteragonist in season two, three, four, and five of *The Originals*.

Katherine is the wife of Elijah Mikaelson. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Petrova the daughter-in-law of Esther Einar and Mikael Mikaelson the step-daughter-in-law of Ansel Olsen the sister of Emersyn Petrova whom she named her second born daughter after she is the sister-in-law of Freya Mikaeldotter, Finn Mikaelson, Kol Mikaelson, Rebekah Mikaeldotter, and the late Henrik Mikaelson the sister-in-law through them of Keelin Malraux, Sage Benedici, Bonnie Bennett, and Stefan Salvatore.

the half-sister-in-law of Niklaus Mikaelson, and Neveah Mikaeldotter the half-sister-in-law through them of Lorelei Gilbert who is also her doppelgänger and descendent and Damon Salvatore. The mother of Nadia Petrova and Emersyn Mikaelson whom is named after Katherine's little sister the aunt-in-law of Mathias Griffith-Malraux, Lillian Salvatore, Eden Salvatore the half-aunt-in-law of Neveah and Damon's daughter Sophia Mikaelson-Salvatore and Klaus and Lorelei's children, Jenna Mikaelson, Håkon Mikaelson, Henrik Mikaelson, and Alexandria Mikaelson.

In 1490, she was disowned by her father because she brought shame upon her family after giving birth to a baby girl out of wedlock when she was seventeen. She was forced to give the baby up for adoption and then was then exiled to England. She quickly assimilated into English culture and met two nobleman brothers, Niklaus and Elijah Mikaelson. At first, she was attracted to both men, but in time, she eventually learned that she was a Petrova doppelgänger and that Klaus was planning on using her as a sacrifice in order to break the curse that bound his werewolf side. She sabotaged his plan by running away with the moonstone, which bound the curse, and then tricked Rose into feeding her vampire blood so she could turn herself into a vampire. Because Katherine was no longer human, her blood no longer was a viable component of the ritual to undo the curse. Klaus was so infuriated with Katherine's sabotage, that she was forced to live on the run for over 500 years as he hunted her down.

Her activities during her first centuries as a vampire are unknown, but at some point between the 15th and 19th centuries, she took on the alias "Katherine Pierce" (an anglicized version of her birth name) and eventually met and befriended Pearl, Anna, Emily Bennett, and Melinda Brown. In the late 19th century, she traveled to Mystic Falls, where she met Stefan and Damon Salvatore, whose family hosted her at the Salvatore Estate. She later fell in love with both brothers, and subsequently fed them her blood, resulting in their eventual transitions into vampires after they were killed by their father in early autumn of 1864. When the Founder's Council found out the identities of the vampires in town, she faked her death and escaped being sealed in the tomb with the aid of George Lockwood, who helped her in exchange for the moonstone.

During the twentieth century, she continued to keep tabs on Stefan while still hiding from Klaus, including two separate sightings in Chicago in the 1920s and the 1980s. In 2010, she came back to Mystic Falls with the intention of finally earning her freedom from Klaus by handing over the Petrova doppelgängers who came after her, Elena and Lorelei Gilbert. To sweeten the potential deal with Klaus, she killed Caroline Forbes, who had Damon's blood in her system and later transitioned into a vampire, and tricked Mason and Tyler Lockwood into triggering their werewolf curses, just so they could each also serve as the vampire and werewolf sacrifices necessary in the ritual. She even tracked down the moonstone so that she could give Klaus every component necessary to break his curse. However, when her plans ultimately fell through, she fled Mystic Falls again shortly after Klaus broke his hybrid curse on his own, knowing that he was not done punishing her for her betrayal half a millennium ago.

After failing to induce Klaus' forgiveness by securing the cure and handing it over to Elijah in Season Four, Katherine managed to draw Klaus away from Mystic Falls by revealing to him in a letter that a witch in New Orleans named Jane-Anne Deveraux was plotting against him. Once Klaus and Elijah officially returned to New Orleans, Katherine moved back to Mystic Falls, confident that the Mikaelsons would be too preoccupied with their complications there to pay any attention to her.

In *Graduation*, Katherine initiated a violent fight with Elena, believing that Elena got the life that Katherine deserved. Just as she was about to rip her descendant's heart out of her chest, Elena forced the cure down Katherine's throat, which resulted in Katherine returning to a human/Traveler for the first time in over 500 years.

Following these events, she went on the run for the summer, but when she realized that her return to humanity made her vulnerable to all of the various supernatural enemies she had made over the centuries, she returned to Mystic Falls, hoping to sweet-talk Stefan and Damon into giving her their protection. However, she was forced to flee again when the immortal Silas came looking for her at the Salvatore Boarding House and tried to kill her. Silas later revealed to Damon that Katherine's blood became the cure after she had ingested it, which is why he wanted Katherine so he could cure himself and die so he could be reunited with his true love in the afterlife. She ran from him for weeks, but eventually, Damon helped Silas lure Katherine to the house and fed him her blood, which turned him back into a witch.

Though Katherine should have died after Silas completely drained her of blood, Katherine's survivor instincts won out, and she managed to live through the attack. Unfortunately for Katherine, she learned shortly afterward that having the cure removed from her bloodstream had caused her body to start rapidly aging in order to compensate for the 500+ years she had been "alive" as an immortal vampire. Not ready to die, her daughter Nadia reminded her that as the daughter of a Traveler, Katherine had the magical powers necessary to become a Passenger in someone else's body. She ultimately cast the Passenger spell on her deathbed to transfer her spirit into Elena's body, with help from Nadia and a Traveler named Mia. After the gang discovered this, Stefan stabbed her with the Traveler Knife, expelling her from Elena's body, but not before Katherine made amends with a dying Nadia. Upon learning she was denied entry to the Other Side, and therefore also denied a reunion with her daughter, she was dragged by unseen forces into what is presumed to be a hell of some kind.

After a year of being dead Lorelei Gilbert brought her back to life as a witch before turning her into a vampire-witch hybrid. Since her resurrection Katherine never wasted having the life she wanted. Since then Lorelei has trusted Katherine with her life and her daughter's. She's helped Lorelei when running from Dahlia but eventually Dahlia and Klaus found them and put the curse on Lorelei and her pack.

Katherine's notable ancestors include Amara, who was Silas' true love and presumably the world's first immortal woman, and Tatia, whose blood was involved in the creation of the adapted spell of immortality that was cast on the Mikaelson Family by Esther, as well the curse that bound Klaus' werewolf side. She was once the romantic interest of Stefan and Damon Salvatore, as well as Mason Lockwood. Since the late 15th century, she has also been the romantic interest of Elijah, with whom she was involved in the 21st century until he effectively ended their relationship by leaving to join his half-brother, Klaus, in New Orleans.

## Name

* **Katerina (Greek: Κατερίνα, romanized: *Katerína*; Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian: Катерина, romanized: *Katerina*) is a feminine given name. It is a Greek variant of *Ekaterini* and a Russian and Bulgarian short form of *Ekaterina* or *Yekaterina*.** **The name *Katerina* is often associated with the Greek word *katharos*, meaning "pure" (see: Katherine#Origin and meaning).**
* **Katherine, English name which is originally from the Greek name Aikaterine, either from the Greek Hekateros meaning "each of the two", from the name of the goddess Hekate, meaning "far off" or more likely from *katharos*, meaning "pure".**
* **Victoria is the Latin word for 'victory' and is used as the feminine form corresponding to the name Victor. In Roman mythology, Victoria was the name of the goddess of victory, corresponding to the Greek goddess Nike.**
* **Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'.**
* **The Petrova surname comes from the Russian version of the given name Peter. The name was probably first derived from the Greek "petros," meaning "rock." This name was extremely popular throughout Christian Europe, due to St. Peter. Petrova, or any variants of this name ending in "ov/ev" were Patronymic surnames, meaning "son of Peter," created by adding the suffix to the personal name.**
* **The Pierce surname was adapted from the given name Piers, a derivation of Peter, which means "rock," from the Old French *pierre* (Latin *petra*), meaning "stone" or "rock." The name most commonly derived as a surname meaning "son or descendant of Piers or Peter."** **However, it may also have been bestowed or chosen as a topographic name for someone who lived in a rocky area, or as an occupational name for a quarryman or stone mason.**

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katerina#:~:text=Meaning,Greek%3A%20%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1%2C%20romanized%3A%20Kater%C3%ADna
2. ↑ https://www.babycentre.co.uk/babyname/1007047/katherine#:~:text=Girl,katharos%2C%20meaning%20%22pure%22.
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria\_(name)#:~:text=Origin%20and%20meaning%20forms,-Learn%20more&text=Victoria%20is%20the%20Latin%20word,to%20the%20Greek%20goddess%20Nike.
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne#:~:text=Anne%2C%20alternatively%20spelled%20Ann%2C%20is,favour%27%20or%20%27grace%27.
5. ↑ https://www.houseofnames.com/petrova-family-crest#:~:text=The%20Petrova%20surname%20comes%20from,Peter.
6. ↑ https://www.thoughtco.com/pierce-surname-meaning-and-origin-4098387#:~:text=The%20Pierce%20surname%20was%20adapted,descendant%20of%20Piers%20or%20Peter.%22

## Physical Appearance

Almost every character who has met any combination of the Petrova doppelgängers has remarked that Katherine looked identical to Amara, Tatia, Elena, or Lorelei. As such, Katherine was an extraordinarily beautiful and seductive young woman: she had a heart-shaped face with fine bone structure, a wealth of brown curly hair, and almond-shaped, deep brown eyes with thick dark lashes.

Katherine and Lorelei looked exactly identical, but once you know what to look for, you can distinguish the two easily, same goes with Elena. Lorelei is always seen wearing her necklace Stefan gave her. Katherine and Lorelei share the same shade color for their hair but Lorelei is seen either wearing it down the middle or a deep part on the right and has tight curly hair but can have loose curls, while Katherine parts her hair on the left with tight or loose curls. Katherine wore make-up a little bit differently than Lorelei; Katherine favored a dark smoky eye with thick winged eyeliner, and her choice in lipstick was a darker, sultry pink appearance, while Lorelei wears both dark smoky eye and bronze smoky eyes and a thick liner.

When deducing where Katherine bought most of her clothes, she was quoted as saying that she bought most of her shoes in Paris. The majority of her jeans are J-Brand, and almost the entirety of her tops, especially those worn in season 5, were from Bebe.