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Paul I (Russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич, romanized: Pavel I Petrovich; 1 October [O.S. 20 September] 1754 – 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1801) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination in 1801. Paul remained overshadowed by his mother, Catherine the Great, for most of his life.
Paul saw round hats and laced shoes as lower-class apparel. [137] Round hats, high cravats and colorful scarves were banned. [69] [115] No excuses were accepted, [106] and punishment was severe. [69] Paul recruited secret police, [60] who searched the streets for men in round hats, whose hats were torn from their heads and burnt. [149]
Ivan Romanov 1629–1640, granduncle Nikita Romanov 1640–1645, cousin Nikita Romanov: Heir presumptive: cousin: 14 July 1645: cousin became tsar: 22 August 1648: son born to tsar: uncertain: Alexei: Tsarevich Dmitri Alekseyevich: Heir apparent: eldest son: 22 August 1648: born: 6 October 1649: died: Nikita Romanov 1648–1649, cousin Nikita ...
The Romanov portraits were shot between 1915 and 1916, only months before their 1917 execution at the hands of Lenin The Romanovs' final days, as seen through the eyes of Anastasia Skip to main ...
In 1762, upon succeeding to the imperial throne, Peter III accorded his only son Paul Petrovich (by the future Catherine the Great) the novel title of tsesarevich, he being the first of nine Romanov heirs who would bear it. [2] However, at the time the title was conferred, Paul was recognised as Peter's legal son, but not as his legal heir.
Peter II Alexeyevich [alt 1] (23 October 1715 – 30 January 1730) [alt 2] was Emperor of Russia from 1727 until 1730, when he died at the age of 14. He was the only son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich [a] and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
On Thursday, Matvieiev's body was laid to rest in Bucha, outside the capital Kyiv, after it was returned from Russian captivity with signs of having been tortured to death, Ukrainian officials said.
After his death, his daughter Maria Vladimirovna assumed the headship of the Imperial Family of Russia according to his branch's interpretation of the Russian house laws. This was disputed by Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia who had been chosen president of the self-styled "Romanov Family Association" prior to the death of Grand Duke Vladimir.