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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 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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Catherine I Alekseyevna Mikhailova; [a] born Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya; [b] 15 April [O.S. 5 April] 1684 – 17 May [O.S. 6 May] 1727) was the second wife and Empress consort of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as Empress of Russia, ruling from 1725 until her death in 1727.
House of Romanov — the Romanov were a noble family that ruled Muscovy and then Imperial Russia from 1613 to 1762 (until the death of the last Romanov - Elizabeth of Russia). Since 1762 - the issue of her sister, ruled as the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov - until 1917.