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The 8-year-old Paul retained his position as Tsesarevich, or heir apparent. [5] Maria Feodorovna, portrait by Alexander Roslin. In 1772, her son and heir, Paul, turned eighteen. Paul and his adviser, Panin, believed he was the rightful tsar of Russia, as the only son of Peter III.
In 1762, upon succeeding to the imperial throne, Peter III accorded his only son Paul Petrovich (by the future Catherine the Great) the novel title of tsesarevich, he being the first of nine Romanov heirs who would bear it. [2] However, at the time the title was conferred, Paul was recognised as Peter's legal son, but not as his legal heir.
Paul I: Tsesarevich Alexander Pavlovich: Son 15 May 1797 Law of succession changed: 23 March 1801 Father assassinated, became emperor: Grand Duke Constantine ...
Paul I became the first heir to the throne, having the title tsesarevich, which was subsequently used for all main heirs. [ 9 ] The abdication of Nicholas II on 15 March [ O.S. 2 March] 1917 as a result of the February Revolution ended 304 years of Romanov rule and led to the establishment of the Russian Republic under the Russian Provisional ...
1794 portrait of Catherine the Great by Dmitry Levitzky. Born in 1754, [1] Paul was the son of Emperor Peter III and Catherine the Great. [2] Six months after Peter's accession, Catherine participated in a successful coup d'état against her husband; Peter was deposed and killed in prison.
People who have held the title of Tsesarevich of the Russian Empire, from 1762 to 1917. Pages in category "Tsesarevichs of Russia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Konstantin was born in Tsarskoye Selo on 27 April 1779, the second son of the Tsesarevich Paul Petrovich and his wife Maria Fyodorovna, daughter of Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg. Of all Paul's children, Konstantin most closely resembled his father both physically and mentally. [2]
Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna was born in Tsarskoye Selo as the third child and eldest daughter of Tsesarevich Paul and his second wife Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (renamed Maria Feodorovna after her wedding). The gender of the child disappointed her paternal grandmother, Catherine the Great. She wrote: