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→Heads of the House of Romanov (1917-1992)
*Vladimir Kirillovich (1938-1992), son of Kirill.
*Vladimir Kirillovich (1938-1992), son of Kirill.
Vladimir 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>
Vladimir 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>
According to ''Almanach de Gotha,'' the dynasty ended when Vladimir died. Neither Maria nor anyone else is currently recognized as head of the house.<ref>''Gotha'' describes Vladimir as "the last Head of the Imperial House of Russia, Titular Emperor Vladimir Kirillovich." (James, John. ''Almanach de Gotha,'' 2016)</ref>
According to ''Almanach de Gotha,'' the dynasty ended when Vladimir died. Neither Maria nor anyone else is currently recognized as head of the house.<ref>''Gotha'' describes Vladimir as "the last Head of the Imperial House of Russia, Titular Emperor Vladimir Kirillovich." (James, John. ''Almanach de Gotha,'' 2016)</ref>