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Grigory Kotoshikhin's On Russia during the reign of Alexey Mikhailovich (1665) is a key source on domestic life of the tsar and his court. Yury Krizhanich's treatises from the 1660s are also very informative. Longworth, Philip (1984). Alexis, Tsar of All the Russias. Franklin Watts. ISBN 978-0531097700.
The following is a family tree of the monarchs of Russia. Rurik dynasty Rurik dynasty (Rurikids) ... Alexis 1629–1676 Tsar of Russia r. 1645–1676: Natalya ...
Nicholas named Alexei after Alexis of Russia, his favorite emperor. [10] His doting family called him "Baby." He was later also affectionately referred to as Alyosha (Алёша). As soon as he was born, Alexei was granted the title of tsarevich and heir apparent to the Imperial Throne of Russia. An official announcement read, "From now on, in ...
The headship of the Imperial Family is in dispute between Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia of the Vladimirovich (Alexandrovichi) and Prince Andrew Andreevich of Russia of the Mikhailovichi branch. In the family trees, a ≈ sign represents a union causing an illegitimate child.
At his accession as the sole monarch of Russia in 1696, Peter held the same title as his father, Alexis: "Great Lord Tsar and Grand Prince, Autocrat of Great, Small and White Russia". [109] By 1710, he had styled himself as "Tsar and All-Russian Emperor", but it was not until 1721 that the imperial title became official. [109]
Alexandra Feodorovna (Russian: Александра Фёдоровна; 6 June [O.S. 25 May] 1872 – 17 July 1918), born Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, was the last Empress of Russia as the consort of Tsar Nicholas II from their marriage on 26 November [O.S. 14 November] 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March [O.S. 2 March] 1917.
Arms of the Naryshkin family. The House of Naryshkin (Russian: Нарышкины) is a noble Russian boyar family of Crimean Tatar descent, [1] [2] going back to a certain Mordko Kurbat Naryshko, who moved to Moscow in the 15th century. [3]
By the 1660s, however, the only Troubetzkoy left, Prince Yuriy Troubetzkoy, returned to Moscow and was given a boyar title by Tsar Alexis of Russia of the House of Romanov. All the branches of the family descend from his marriage to Princess Irina Galitzina .