How old was Katherine when she was turned?

Katherine Pierce was born as Katerina Petrova in Bulgaria on the 5th of June 1473. She became a vampire in April 1492 so she was 18 when she turned into a vampire, just like Elena. But unlike her doppelganger, Katherine didn't get her happily ever after as she died in the end.
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How old was Katherine Petrova when she had her baby?

: Катерина Петрова) was born into a noble and wealthy Bulgarian family on June 5, 1473. In 1490, when she was about 16 or 17 years of age, Katerina became pregnant by an unknown man, a Traveler, and her family disowned her for the shameful birth of an illegitimate daughter.
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When did Katherine Pierce turn?

Katherine had a daughter at the young age of 15, and was turned into a vampire at age 17 in the year 1492.
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How old was Elena when turned?

Nina Dobrev was 20 when she was cast as 17-year-old high school student Elena Gilbert. Elena is changed into a vampire during the show's third season as an 18-year-old, so that means she wouldn't age past being a teen, though Dobrev continued playing her through six seasons.
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How old was Rebekah when turned?

Kol is about 2 years younger making him at most 18, Rebekah at most 17.
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TVD 2X09 Katherine tells Elena how she became a vampire



Why did Katherine age so fast?

When Silas drained the cure out of Katherine, Katherine began to rapidly age with her hair turning gray and her teeth falling out. It is later revealed that after having the cure drained from her, that her 500 years is starting to catch up to her, and only had a few months left to live.
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Why does Elena look so different in season 8?

Nina Dobrev does have brunette hair in real-life but she actually wore wigs for the majority of the series. Even when her hair was simply worn straight, it was generally a wig. She always wore a wig while playing Katherine. The reason is due to Katherine Pierce's hairstyle being different than Elena's.
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Who was the father of Katherine's baby?

Throughout The Vampire Diaries

In the season four finale of The Vampire Diaries, Graduation, Katherine slept with Niklaus Mikaelson and conceived her daughter, Adyelya.
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Who is Tatia Petrova?

Tatia was the first known Petrova doppelgänger of Amara. Both Niklaus and Elijah Mikaelson fell in love with Tatia. She is the wife of an unknown husband and the mother of an unknown child. It was her blood that helped created the Original Vampires.
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Did Katerina Petrova have a sister?

Katerina's Sister: She was a Bulgarian girl who lived during the 15th century. She helped her sister, Katerina, give birth to her daughter in 1490. When Katerina returned to Bulgaria in 1492, she discovered that her sister, along with the rest of her family, had been murdered by Klaus.
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Why was Elena written off TVD?

The Vampire Diaries fans were shocked to learn that Nina Dobrev, who played Elena Gilbert, was leaving before season 7. Like many other actors, Dobrev decided it was time to part ways with Elena.
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How much older is Damon than Elena?

In "The Vampire Diaries," lead Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) was 17 at the start of the series, while vampire brothers Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) were 162 and 169 years old, respectively (as the show explains within the first season).
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Why did they take Katherine's baby away?

Early History. Nadia as a baby. Nadia was born in 1490 in Bulgaria. Katherine begged her father to allow her to hold the child just once, but he said that she had disgraced the family, and took the child away to a new family, so that the shame would not become known.
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How old was Elena Gilbert in season 6?

Type of Hero

She is a 17-year-old girl who recently lost her parents in an accident.
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Did Elena wear a wig in Season 8?

While most people expect actors to undergo makeup or hair changes, it's shocking to learn that a character's hairstyle is actually a wig, not a haircut. It might seem minor, but something odd you may have never known was that Nina Dobrev's hair during her run on the show was fake.
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Does Bonnie wear a wig?

' And I'm like, 'Guys, I've been wearing a wig since season 1, but nobody knew it. ' So, everybody in the world knows about it now." Janney told Fallon she took that Mom wig as a souvenir from set, along with a few pairs of sweatpants because her character, Bonnie, "loved to be comfortable as does Allison Janney."
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Is Katherine Elena's grandmother?

Elena was born in 1992 and was adopted by Grayson and Miranda when Elena's biological mother, Isobel Flemming, a descendant of Katherine, gave her up.
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Did Katherine sleep with Klaus?

Season Four

The Original Hybrid, Klaus Mikaelson, and the second-known Petrova Doppelgänger and newly-turned human/witch of the Traveler sub-culture, Katherine Pierce, slept together in Graduation and conceived their daughter, Adyelya.
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Did Silas and Amara have a child?

Season 5 introduced the last known doppelganger, Tom Avery. Elena, Tatia, Katherine, Stefan, and Tom were all descendants of Amara and Silas.
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How does Katherine Pierce stop aging?

When Katherine had the cure in her blood, Nadia told her that Silas would need to drink “every last drop” of her blood to be cured. Silas did that, which caused Katherine to start aging, making up for the extra 500-ish years that she was immortal.
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Does Katherine love Elijah?

Katherine tells Elijah that she loves him.
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How does Katherine survive old age?

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Katherine is dying of old age, and being used as a stress relief for Damon, as every time she dies with Vampire blood in her system, she comes back alive instead of Transitioning. She is freed from the Salvatore Boarding House by her long-lost daughter, Nadia Petrova.
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