| | *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. 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> | + | 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 in Florida in 1992, his daughter Maria Vladimirovna claimed the right to succeed. "Both sexes have the right of succession to the Throne; but this right belongs by preference to the male sex according to the principle of primogeniture; with the extinction of the last male issue, succession to the Throne passes to the female issue by right of substitution," according to the succession law.<ref>Article 27, "[https://alphahistory.com/russianrevolution/excerpts-fundamental-laws-1906/ Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire]" (1906). This article is copied from the Pauline Laws of 1797 (Article 5).</ref> All the same, Maria's succession is not recognized by ''Almanach de Gotha.''<ref>''Gotha'' calls Vladimir "the last Head of the Imperial House of Russia, Titular Emperor Vladimir Kirillovich." (James, John. ''Almanach de Gotha,'' 2016)</ref> |
| − | When Vladmir died, his daughter Maria Vladimirovna claimed the right to succeed. "Both sexes have the right of succession to the Throne; but this right belongs by preference to the male sex according to the principle of primogeniture; with the extinction of the last male issue, succession to the Throne passes to the female issue by right of substitution," according to the Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire (1906).<ref>Article 27, "[https://alphahistory.com/russianrevolution/excerpts-fundamental-laws-1906/ Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire]"</ref> All the same, Maria's right to succeed is not recognized by ''Almanac de Gotha.''
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