- Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia ("Olga Alexandrovna Romanova") (June 13, 1882-November 24, 1960) was the last Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia under the reign of her elder brother, Czar Nicholas II. Her father was the 19th century reformer of Russia, Alexander III; her mother was the daughter of Christian IX of Denmark, Maria Feodorovna, formerly titled Princess Dagmar of Denmark. Raised at the Gatchina Palace of St. Petersburg, Russia, …
- Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Of Russia
Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia ("Anastasia Nikolayevna Romanova", (— July 17, 1918), was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna. Anastasia was a younger sister of Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana and Grand Duchess Maria, and was an elder sister of Alexei Nikolaievitch, Tsarevitch of Russia.
- Anna Petrovna Of Russia
Anna Petrovna, Tsesarevna of Russia (27 January 1708, Moscow - 4 March 1728, Kiel) was the eldest daughter of Emperor Peter I of Russia and Catherine I of Russia. Her sister Elizabeth ruled as Empress between 1741 and 1761. Her son Peter ruled as Emperor between 1761 and 1762. Anna was born out of wedlock and was legitimized on the wedding of her parents in 1712. Her perceived illegitimacy caused several projects of matrimonial alliances to be turned down.
- Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich Of Russia
Nicholas (Nikolai) Alexandrovich Romanov (September 20, 1843 - April 24, 1865) was Tsarevich of Imperial Russia from March 2 1855 until his death. He was also the Grand Duke of Russia and Grand Prince Thronfolger. He was nick-named Nixa. He was born at Tsarskoye Selo, the eldest son of Tsarevich Alexander Nikolaievich, eldest son of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and Princess Maximilienne Wilhelmine Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.
- Nicholas II of Russia II of Russia
Nicholas II of Russia (Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov) ("Nikolay II") was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland. He ruled from 1894 until his forced abdication in 1917. Nicholas proved unable to manage a country in political turmoil and command its army in World War I. His rule ended with the Russian Revolution of 1917, after which he and his family were executed by Bolsheviks.
- Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaievna of Russia (Tatiana Nikolaievna Romanova, (May 29 (O.S.)/June 10 (N.S.), 1897 - July 17, 1918), was the second daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last autocratic ruler of Russia, and of Tsarina Alexandra. She was better known than her three sisters and headed Red Cross committees during World War I. She nursed wounded soldiers in a military hospital from 1914 to 1917, …
- Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (Olga Nikolaevna Romanova, (November 3 (O.S.)/November 15 (N.S.) 1895 – July 17, 1918), was the eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last autocratic ruler of the Russian Empire, and of Empress Alexandra of Russia. During her lifetime, Olga's future marriage was a matter of great speculation within Russia. Matches were rumored with Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Crown Prince Carol of Romania, …
- Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, (June 14 (O.S.)/June 26 (N.S.), 1899 – July 17, 1918) was the third daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Her murder following the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in her canonization as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Of Russia
Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov, full title: Heir, Tsarevich and Grand Duke (July 17, 1918), of the House of Romanov, was Tsarevich - the heir apparent - of Russia, being the youngest child and the only son of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Fyodorovna. His mother's reliance on the starets Grigori Rasputin to treat Alexei's haemophilia helped bring about the end of Imperial Russia.
- Paul I of Russia
Paul I of Russia ("Pavel Petrovich") (October 1 1754-March 23 1801) was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801.
- Alexander II of Russia
Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevich was the Emperor of the Russian Empire and Tsar of Russia from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. He was also the Grand Duke of Finland. Born in 1818, he was the eldest son of Tsar Nicholas I and Charlotte of Prussia, daughter of Frederick William III of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. His early life gave little indication of his ultimate potential; until the time of his accession in 1855, …
- Alexander III of Russia
Alexander III reigned as Emperor of Russia from 14 March 1881 until his death in 1894.
- Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Of Russia
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich was the third son and sixth child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna. He may also be referred to as Nicholas Nicolaievich the Elder to tell him apart from his son. Trained for the military, as a Field Marshal he commanded the Russian army of the Danube in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878.
- Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Of Russia
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia was the seventh child and fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and his first Empress consort Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. He was a younger brother to Alexander III of Russia and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, consort of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. A Poruchik of the Leib Guard, he took part in Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, was consequently promoted to Colonel.
- Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Of Russia
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia is considered by some to be the heir apparent to the disputed Headship of the Imperial Family of Russia, and uses as his title and style of pretension Tsarevich and Grand Duke of Russia. He has all his life been styled His Imperial Highness Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, by grant of his maternal grandfather.
- Maria Alexandrovna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (later Duchess of Edinburgh and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; 17 October 1853 - 24 October 1920) was a daughter of Alexander II of Russia and his first Empress consort Marie of Hesse. Maria became the wife of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
- Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich Of Russia
Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, in Russian Владимир Александрович / Влади́мирович (22 April, 1847 - 17 February, 1909) was the Senior Grand Duke of the House of Romanov during the reign of his nephew, Tsar Nicholas II. He was the third, but second surviving son of Emperor Alexander II (who ascended 1855, when Vladimir was 8 years old, and was assassinated in 1881) and his wife Maria Alexandrovna of Hesse, the daughter of Ludwig II, …
- Michael Of Russia I of Russia
Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov (July 12, 1596 - July 13, 1645) was the first Russian tsar of the house of Romanov, being the son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov, afterwards the Patriarch Filaret, and Xenia (of disputed family), afterwards the "great nun" Martha. His reign marked the end of the Time of Troubles.
- Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich Of Russia
Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia (October 13, 1832 - December 18, 1909) was the fourth son and seventh child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. He served for a long time (1862-1882) as the Governor General of Caucasia, being seated in Tbilisi which town his most children remembered as the home of their childhood. His life saw as many as four of his family being Emperors of Russia: Nicholas I, Alexander II, …
- Anna Of Russia
Anna Ivanovna (February 7, 1693, Moscow – October 28, 1740) reigned as Duchess of Courland from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740.
- Olga Nicholaevna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, later Queen Olga of Württemberg, was a member of the Russian Imperial Family who became the Queen consort of Württemberg. She was the second daughter of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. She was thus a sister of Alexander II of Russia. She married Charles I of Württemberg, with whom she had no children.
- Peter I of Russia I of Russia
Peter the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov (9 June 1672-8 February 1725 <nowiki>[</nowiki>30 May 1672-28 January 1725 O.S.<nowiki>]</nowiki>) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his weak and sickly half-brother, Ivan V. Peter carried out a policy of "Westernization" and expansion that transformed the Tsardom of Russia into the Russian Empire, a major European power.
- Natalia Alexeievna Of Russia
The Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (25 June 1755 - 15 April 1776) was the first wife of the future Tsar Paul I of Russia, the only son of the Empress Catherine II. She was born as Princess Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt in Brandenburg, Prussia as the fifth child of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and his spouse Princess Karoline of Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld.
- Maria Pavlovna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia was the third daughter of Paul I of Russia and Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
- Feodor III of Russia III of Russia
Feodor (Theodore) III of Russia (June 9, 1661 - May 7, 1682) was the Tsar of all Russia, during whose short reign (1676-82) the Polish cultural influence in the Kremlin was paramount. Feodor was born in Moscow, the eldest surviving son of Tsar Alexis and Maria Miloslavskaya. In 1676, at the age of fifteen, he succeeded his father on the throne.
- Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, January 17, 1882 - March 13, 1957, sometimes known as Helen, Helena, Helene, Ellen, Yelena, Hélène, or Eleni, was a Russian grand duchess and the daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. She was the wife of Prince Nicholas of Greece.
- Simeon Of Russia
Simeon Ivanovich Gordyi, Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir, oldest son of Ivan Kalita. Semyon became the Grand Prince of Moscow in 1340 and a year later he was granted the Golden Horde's permission to rule Vladimir. His military campaign against the city of Torzhok in 1341 favored the strengthening of his princely authority over Novgorod. Ten years later, Semyon's army launched an attack against Smolensk.
- Prince Ioann Konstantinovich Of Russia
Prince Ivan or Prince Ioann Konstantinovich of Russia, sometimes also known as Prince John or Prince Johan, was the eldest son of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia by his wife Elisaveta Mavrikievna, née Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg. He was described by contemporaries as a gentle, religious human being, nicknamed Ioannchik by his relatives. Ivan Konstantinovich was born (23.6.1886 in Old Calendar, …
- Anna Pavlovna Of Russia
Anna Pavlovna of Russia was Queen of the Netherlands. She was born as the eighth child and sixth daughter of Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna (born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), and thus was "Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia". In the Netherlands, due to 19th century Dutch transliteration conventions, she is better known as Anna Paulowna.
- Ivan I of Russia I of Russia
Ivan I Danilovich Kalita, Prince of Moscow (from 1325), Grand Prince of Vladimir (from 1328), son of Daniil Aleksandrovich (Prince of Moscow). After the defection of Tver to Lithuania, khan Muhammad Ozbeg of the Golden Horde was forced to rely on Ivan as his preeminent Russian vassal. Ivan was the Mongols' leading tax collector and made himself and Moscow very wealthy by maintaining his loyalty to the Horde (hence, the nickname "Kalita", or moneybag).
- Ivan II of Russia II of Russia
Ivan II Ivanovich the Fair was the second son of Ivan Kalita who succeeded his brother Simeon the Proud as Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1353. Until that date, he had ruled the towns of Ruza and Zvenigorod. Upon succeeding his brother, Ivan briefly toyed with the idea of abandoning traditional Moscow allegiance to the Mongols and allying himself with Lithuania. This policy was quickly abandoned and Ivan asserted his allegiance to the Golden Horde.
- Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess Of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (born December 23, 1953) is regarded by some genealogists and Russian monarchists as the Head of the Imperial Family of Russia and Titular Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias since 1992. Throughout her life she has used as her title and style of pretention Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia.
- Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich Of Russia
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, of the Imperial House of Romanov (Дмитрий Павлович Романов) (September 18, 1891 - March 5, 1941) was a Russian imperial dynast, one of the few Romanovs to escape execution by the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution. He is known for being involved in the murder of the mystic peasant faith healer Grigori Rasputin, who he felt held undue sway over Tsar Nicholas II.
- Kira Kirillovna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia (May 9 1909 - September 8 1967) was the second daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna. She married Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia.
- Grand Duke Konstantine Nicholaievich Of Russia
Grand Duke Konstantine Nikolaievich of Russia was the second son of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. During the reign of his brother Alexander II, Grand Duke Konstantine as an admiral of the Russian fleet reformed the Russian Navy, he was also an instrumental figure in the emancipation of the serfs. The Grand Duke was less fortunate as viceroy of Poland and had to be called back to Russia where his liberalism made him a target of his enemies.
- Alexander I of Russia
Aleksandr I Pavlovich, was Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801-1 December 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815-1825, as well as the first Grand Duke of Finland. He was born in Saint Petersburg to Grand Duke Paul Petrovich, later Emperor Paul I, and Maria Feodorovna, daughter of the Duke of Württemberg. Alexander succeeded to the throne after his father was murdered, and ruled Russia during the chaotic period of the Napoleonic Wars.
- Nicholas I of Russia
Nicholas I , July 6 (June 25, Old Style), 1796-March 2 (18 February Old Style), 1855), was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. He was born in Gatchina to Emperor Paul I and Empress Maria Feodorovna. He was a younger brother to Alexander I of Russia and Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia.
- Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Of Russia
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia, April 26, 1859 - January 28, 1919 was the eldest son of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and a first cousin of Alexander III. A scholar and an eminent historian, he made many valuable contributions to the study of Russian history in the reign of Tsar Alexander I. His works published in Russian and French, include: diplomatic documents of Tsar Alexander I and Napoleon; a life of Tsar Alexander's close friend, …
- Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich Of Russia
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, November 24, 1877 - November 9, 1943, was a Russian grand duke and the son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. He was a notorious playboy. When he proposed marriage to Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, his first cousin once removed, her mother Tsarina Alexandra refused to consider the idea because of Boris's reputation: Alexandra's refusal provoked further enmity in Boris's mother, …
- Ivan V of Russia V of Russia
Ivan V Alekseyevich was a joint tsar of Russia (with his younger half-brother Peter I) who co-reigned between 1682 and 1696. He was the youngest son of Alexis I of Russia and Maria Miloslavskaya. His reign was only formal, since he was an invalid, both physically and mentally. Ivan V was the 11th child of Tsar Alexis. As he was eye-sore and infirm, his capacity for supreme power was challenged by the party of the Naryshkins, who aspired to bring Natalia Naryshkina's son, …