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| | *Feodor III (r. 1676 - 1682) | | *Feodor III (r. 1676 - 1682) |
| | *Ivan V (r. 1682 - 1696) | | *Ivan V (r. 1682 - 1696) |
| − | *Peter I (r. 1682 - 1725) byname "Peter the Great." First tsar to be proclaimed emperor (1721) | + | *Peter I (r. 1682 - 1725), byname "Peter the Great." First tsar to be proclaimed emperor (1721) |
| | *Catherine I (r. 1725 - 1727, co reigned from 1724 - 1725) | | *Catherine I (r. 1725 - 1727, co reigned from 1724 - 1725) |
| | *Anna of Russia (r. 1730 - 1740) | | *Anna of Russia (r. 1730 - 1740) |
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| | *Peter III (r. 1762 - 1762) | | *Peter III (r. 1762 - 1762) |
| − | *Catherine II (r. 1762 - 1796) (wife of Peter III) | + | *Catherine II (r. 1762 - 1796), wife of Peter III. |
| | *Paul (r. 1796 - 1801) | | *Paul (r. 1796 - 1801) |
| | *Alexander I (r. 1801 - 1825) | | *Alexander I (r. 1801 - 1825) |
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| | *Tsar Nicholas II (1917-1918) (after abdication) | | *Tsar Nicholas II (1917-1918) (after abdication) |
| − | *Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich (1918-1938) (proclaimed "curator of the throne" in 1922, "emperor" in 1924) | + | *Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich (1918-1938). Proclaimed "curator of the throne" in 1922 and "emperor" in 1924. |
| − | *Vladimir Kirillovich (1938-1992) (son of Kirill) | + | *Vladimir Kirillovich (1938-1992), son of Kirill. |
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| | 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. | | 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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| | == Reference == | | == Reference == |