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The House of Romanov was a Russian family which started in 1613 at the start of Michael I’s reign. The last Romanov Tsar was Nicholas II, who abdicated in 1917. The imperial line expired in 1992 when Vladimir Kirillovich, son of Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich, died in Florida.<ref>''Almanach de Gotha'' calls him "the last Head of the Imperial House of Russia, Titular Emperor Vladimir Kirillovich." (James, John. ''Almanach de Gotha'' 2016)</ref>

The House of Romanov was a Russian family which started in 1613 at the start of Michael I’s reign. The last Romanov Tsar was Nicholas II, who abdicated in 1917.

== Tsars of Russia (1613-1917) ==

== Tsars of Russia (1613-1917) ==

*Vladimir Kirillovich (1938-1992) (son of Kirill)

*Vladimir Kirillovich (1938-1992) (son of Kirill)

Vladmir lived in Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, Brittany until 1942, when the Nazis arrested him and put him in a concentration camp. When he died, his daughter Maria Vladimirovna claimed the right to succeed. However, the Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire (1906) do not provide for a female head.

Vladmir lived in Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, Brittany until 1942, when the Nazis arrested him and put him in a concentration camp. The imperial line expired when he died in Florida in 1992.<ref>''Almanach de Gotha'' calls him "the last Head of the Imperial House of Russia, Titular Emperor Vladimir Kirillovich." (James, John. ''Almanach de Gotha'' 2016)</ref> His daughter Maria Vladimirovna claimed the right to succeed. However, the Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire (1906) do not provide for a female head.

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