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Peter I the Great 1672–1725 Tsar/Emperor of Russia r. 1682–1725: Catherine I 1684–1727 Empress of Russia r. 1725–1727: Karl Leopold 1678–1747 Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Catherine 1691–1733: Frederick William 1692–1711 Duke of Courland: Anna 1693–1740 Empress of Russia r. 1730–1740: Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg ...
The Russian Imperial Family was split into four main branches named after the sons of Emperor Nicholas I: . The Alexandrovichi (descendants of Emperor Alexander II of Russia) (with further subdivisions named The Vladimirovichi and The Pavlovichi after two of Alexander II’s younger sons)
House of Romanov: Image title: Family tree and timeline of the House of Romanov. Hover for interactive highlihgts. Contains all rules from Michail I to Nicholas II. Also contains notable people who resigned: Width: 1140.8000000000002: Height: 860
Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), known as Peter the Great, [note 1] was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725.
The Holstein-Gottorps of Russia retained the Romanov surname, emphasizing their matrilineal descent from Peter the Great, through Anna Petrovna (Peter I's elder daughter by his second wife). [11] In 1742, Empress Elizabeth of Russia brought Anna's son, her nephew Peter of Holstein-Gottorp , to St. Petersburg and proclaimed him her heir.
Here's how Prince Harry, Prince Philip, and Queen Elizabeth and other members of the British Royal Family are related to the Romanovs.
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However, direct male descendants of Michael Romanov came to an end in 1730 with the death of Peter II of Russia, grandson of Peter the Great. The throne passed to Anna, a niece of Peter the Great, and after the brief rule of her niece's infant son Ivan VI, the throne was seized by Elizabeth, a daughter of Peter the Great. Elizabeth would be the ...