The Russian Empire

Russia

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Tsar of Russia

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House of Romanov

  • Michael I (1596 – 1645) Tsar of Russia 1613-1645
  • Aleksey Mikhailovich (1629 – 1676) Tsar of Russia
  • Feodor III Alexeyevich (1661 –1682) Tsar of Russia

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Ivan V Alekseyevich (1682 – 1696) Tsar of Russia jointly with Peter I

  • Ivan V Alekseyevich (1682 – 1696) Tsar of Russia jointly with Peter I. Married Praskovia Fyodorovna Saltykova (1664 – 1723) daughter of Fyodor Petrovich Saltykov
  • Peter I Alekseyevich “the Great” (1682 – 1725) Tsar of Russia jointly with Ivan V until 1696

Children of Ivan V and Praskovia Fyodorovna Saltykova

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Tsarevna Ekaterina Ivanovna (Catherine Ivanovna of Russia) (1691–1733)

  • Tsarevna Ekaterina Ivanovna (Catherine Ivanovna of Russia) (1691–1733) Married Karl Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678 – 1747) Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Knight of the Order of St. Andrew

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Tsarevna Anna Ivanovna (Anna of Russia) (1693–1740) Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740.

  • Tsarevna Anna Ivanovna (Anna of Russia) (1693–1740) Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. Married Frederick William Kettler (1692 – 1711) Duke of Courland and Semigallia. Knight of the White Eagle. See below

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Tsarevna Praskovia Ivanovna (1694–1731)

  • Tsarevna Praskovia Ivanovna (1694–1731) Married General Prince Ivan Dmitriev-Mamonov (1680-1730) Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky.

 

Peter I Alekseyevich “the Great” (1682 – 1725)

 

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Peter I Alekseyevich “the Great” (1682 – 1725) Tsar of Russia jointly with Ivan V until 1696. Emperor of Russia from 1721.

  • Peter I Alekseyevich “the Great” (1682 – 1725) Tsar of Russia jointly with Ivan V until 1696. Emperor of Russia from 1721. Founder of the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called in 1698. Founder of the Order of Saint Catherine in 1714. Married firstly Eudoxia Feodorovna Lopukhina (1669 – 1731) daughter of Feodor Abramovich Lopukhin (divorced 1698) and secondly Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya (1684 – 1727) later Catherine I, Empress of Russia, daughter of Samuel Skowroński.

Son of Peter I and Eudoxia Feodorovna Lopukhina:

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Alexei Petrovich (1690 – 1718) Tsarevich of Russia

  • Alexei Petrovich (1690 – 1718) Tsarevich of Russia. Married Sophie Charlotte (1694 – 1715) daughter of Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross.

Children of Peter I and Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya:

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Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708 –1728)

  • Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708 –1728) Married Charles Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1700 – 1739) Prince of Sweden and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. Founder of the Order of St. Anna in 1735.

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Grand Duchess Elizabeth Petrovna of Russia (1709 – 1762) later Elizabeth I

  • Grand Duchess Elizabeth Petrovna of Russia (1709 – 1762) later Elizabeth I, Empress of Russia. Possibly married morganatically and secretly Prince and Count Alexei Grigorievich Razumovsky (1709– 1771) Knight of the Order of St. Andrew, Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky.

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 Catherine I (1684 – 1727) Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727

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  • Catherine I (1684 – 1727) Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727. Founder of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky in 1725. Widow of Peter the Great

 Son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich:

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Peter II Alexeyevich (1715 – 1730) Emperor of Russia 1727 to 1730

  • Peter II Alexeyevich (1715 – 1730) Emperor of Russia 1727 to 1730, last of the Romanov male line.

 

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Anna Ivanovna (1693–1740) Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740

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  • Anna Ivanovna (1693–1740) Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740.

Daughter of Catherine Ivanovna of Russia and Karl Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin:

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Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia (1718 – 1746)

  • Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia (1718 – 1746) born Elisabeth Katharina Christine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Regent of Russia for a few months in 1740 and 1741. Married Anthony Ulrich (1714 – 1774) Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Both imprisoned in 1741 to their deaths.

House of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Romanov

Children of Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia and Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg:

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Ivan VI (1740–1764) Emperor of Russia 1740 to 1741

  • Ivan VI (1740–1764) Emperor of Russia 1740 to 1741. Imprisoned in 1741 and murdered in 1764.
  • Catherine Antonovna of Brunswick (1741–1807) imprisoned in 1741 and finally released to Denmark in 1780 
  • Elizabeth Antonovna of Brunswick (1743–1782) imprisoned in 1741 and finally released to Denmark in 1780 
  • Peter Antonovich of Brunswick (1745–1798) imprisoned in 1741 and finally released to Denmark in 1780
  • Alexei Antonovich of Brunswick (1746–1787) imprisoned in 1741 and finally released to Denmark in 1780 

 House of Romanov

 

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Elizabeth I (1709 – 1762) Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762

  • Elizabeth I (1709 – 1762) Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762. Daughter of Peter the Great

House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov

Son of Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia and Charles Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp:

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Grand Duke Peter Feodorovich of Holstein-Gottorp (1728 – 1762) Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp from 1739 to 1762 later Peter III, Emperor of Russia

  • Grand Duke Peter Feodorovich of Holstein-Gottorp (1728 – 1762) Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp from 1739 to 1762 later Peter III, Emperor of Russia. Married Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna) (1729 – 1796) daughter of Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, later Catherine II, Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.

 Peter III (1728 – 1762) Emperor of Russia

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 Peter III (1728 – 1762) Emperor of Russia

  • Peter III (1728 – 1762) Emperor of Russia in 1762.

 Catherine II “the Great” (1729 – 1796) Empress of Russia

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 Catherine II “the Great” (1729 – 1796) Empress of Russia

  • Catherine II “the Great” (1729 – 1796) Empress of Russia. Founder of the Order of Saint George in 1769. Founder of the Order of Saint Vladimir in 1782.

Son of Peter III and Catherine II:

 Paul I Petrovich (1754 – 1801) Emperor of Russia

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 Paul I Petrovich (1754 – 1801) Emperor of Russia

  • Paul I Petrovich (1754 – 1801) Emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801. Married firstly Princess Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1755 – 1776) Natalia Alexeievna, Tsarevna of Russia, daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and secondly Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759 – 1828) Maria Feodorovna, daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg.

Illegitimate son of Catherine II and Count Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (1734–1783):

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Count Aleksey Grigorievich Bobrinsky (1762–1813

  • Count Aleksey Grigorievich Bobrinsky (1762–1813) Married Baroness Anna Dorothea von Ungern-Sternberg (1769–1846) Issue extant

Children of Paul I:

 

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Alexander I (1777 – 1825) Emperor of Russia

  • Alexander I (1777 – 1825) Emperor of Russia (Tsar) from 1801 to 1825. King of Congress Poland, from 1815 to 1825, Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to 1825. Married Princess Louise of Baden (1779 – 1826) Elizabeth Alexeievna, daughter of Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden. See below

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Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (1779 – 1831)

  • Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (1779 – 1831), secretly renounced his claim to the throne in 1823 but briefly Emperor of Russia in 1825. Married firstly Princess Juliane Henriette Ulrike of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1781 – 1860) Anna Feodorovna, daughter of Franz Frederick Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (annulled 1820) and secondly Joanna Grudzińska (1791 - 1831) Princess of Łowicz, daughter of Count Antoni Grudziński.

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Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783 –1801)

  • Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783 –1801) Married Joseph Anton Johann (1776 – 1847) Archduke of Austria, Palatine of Hungary.

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Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784 – 1803)

  • Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784 – 1803) Married Friedrich Ludwig (1778–1819) Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786 – 1859)

  • Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786 – 1859) Married Karl Friedrich (1783–1853) Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788 – 1819)

  • Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788 – 1819) Married firstly Georg (1784–1812) Duke of Oldenburg and secondly Wilhelm I (1781–1864) King of Württemberg

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Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795 – 1865)

  • Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795 – 1865) Married Willem II (1792–1849) King of the Netherlands

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Nicholas I (1796 – 1855) Emperor of Russia

  • Nicholas I (1796 – 1855) Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 1825. Married Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1798–1860) Alexandra Feodorovna, daughter of Frederick William III, King of Prussia. See below

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Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (1798 – 1849)

  • Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (1798 – 1849) Married Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (1807–1873) daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg

Alexander I (1777 – 1825) Emperor of Russia

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Alexander I (1777 – 1825) Emperor of Russia (Tsar) from 1815 to 1825

  • Alexander I (1777 – 1825) Emperor of Russia (Tsar) from 1801 to 1825. King of Congress Poland, from 1815 to 1825, Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to 1825.

Nicholas I (1796 – 1855) Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland

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 Nicholas I (1796 – 1855) Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland 

  •  Nicholas I (1796 – 1855) Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland