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Succession

Russia · House / House of Romanov. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

12Records
1613–1741Date range
10Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1613

Michael1613

House / House of Romanov

Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, 1st of the Romanov line

1645

Alexis I Mikhaylovich1645

Moscow · House / House of Romanov

Succeeds as Tsar of Russia. Alexiss tutor, Morozov, runs the Government, 1645-1659

1676

Theodore III1676

House / House of Romanov

Succeeds as Tsar of Russia

1682

Ivan V1682

House / House of Romanov

Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, but affairs are administered by his half-sister Sophia

Peter I the Great1682

House / House of Romanov

Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, son of Alexis, reigns jointly with half-brother Ivan

1689

Peter I the Great1689

House / House of Romanov

Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, Assumes control of the Government & sole rule of Russia

1715

Alexis Petrovitch1715

House / House of Romanov

Denied permission to renounce succession & enter a monastery

1721

Peter I the Great1721

House / House of Romanov

Succeeds as Tsar of Russia

1724

Catherine I1724

House / House of Romanov

Succeeds as Empress of Russia. A Lithuanian peasant who married a Swedish dragoon & then married Peter the Great

1727

Peter II1727

House / House of Romanov

Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, son of Peter I the Great

1740

Ivan VI1740

House / House of Romanov

Succeeds as Tsar, son of Anna Leopoldovna & Prince Anton Ulrich

1741

Elizabeth1741

House / House of Romanov

Succeeds as Empress of Russia. Overthrows the Government of Anna Leopoldovna acting as Regent for Ivan VI

Names involved

Alexis I MikhaylovichAlexis PetrovitchCatherine IElizabethIvan VIvan VIMichaelPeter I the GreatPeter IITheodore III

Provenance

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