Genealogical Tree of the Romanovs: History of Tsarist and Imperial Russia

The genealogical tree of the Romanovs begins with Mikhail Fedorovich, the first of the dynasty, who became the tsar. On the throne, he was planted by the boyars in 1613 and up to 1917, Russia ruled the Romanov dynasty.

After Mikhail Fedorovich on the throne ascended Alexei Mikhailovich, and then - his three sons. In 1696 the young Peter the Great became king, radically changing Russia and turning it into one of the great European powers. He was the last to bear the title of king. In 1721 he assumed the title of emperor, and Russia has since become known as the Russian Empire.

Next, the genealogical tree of the Romanovs continues the wife of Peter the Great Catherine I, who reigns for two years, from 1725 to 1727. After her death, the throne passes to the grandson of Peter the Great - Peter II. He succeeded to the throne at the age of eleven and was the last descendant of Peter in the male line. He did not last long, only three years, and unfortunately, at the age of 14, he died from smallpox.

After the death of Peter II, during the palace intrigues, the throne of the Russian Empire was transferred to the daughter of Peter the Great's elder brother, Anne Ioannovna. She rules for ten years, from 1730 to 1740. After it, until 1741, John VI, who was deposed by the daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine the First - Elizabeth Petrovna, was reigned.

Empress Elizabeth Petrovna never married and remained childless for the rest of her life. She made the son of Anna Petrovna (the daughter of Peter the Great) Peter III, who was proclaimed emperor in 1761, but he did not remain long and was deposed in 1762. He made the heir to the throne. After the genealogical tree of the Romanov family, his wife Catherine II continued, which went down in history as Catherine the Great. With her, the Russian Empire gained great power and became one of the leading European empires. During her reign, the borders of the state were significantly expanded. And it can rightly be called a genius and a wise politician.

Genealogical tree of the Romanovs after the death of Catherine the Great continues her son Pavel the First. He ruled from 1796 to 1801, was killed in a conspiracy, and the throne was taken by his son Alexander the First. During his reign, Russia experienced the Great Patriotic War of 1812.

In 1825, the emperor died without leaving an heir. The emperor proclaimed Nicholas I, brother of Alexander the First. His accession to the throne is overshadowed by the Decembrist uprising, and by the end of the reign, in the fifties of the XIX century, the Crimean War flared up.

Subsequently, the genealogical tree of the Romanovs was continued by Nikolai's son, Alexander II. He went down in history as the emperor, abolished serfdom and carried out a series of major reforms.

Following the rules of Alexander III, he was succeeded by Nikolai II, the last Russian emperor from the Romanov dynasty. During his reign, Russia was drawn into the First World War, a number of popular unrest swept through the country, and in the end, in 1917, the February bourgeois-democratic revolution took place, during which the monarchy in Russia was overthrown.

Thus, all the Russian emperors were Romanovs. The genealogical tree can be traced to this day, as the descendants of the dynasty are alive.