Genealogy of the Imperial Family of Russia1Genealogy of the Imperial Family of Russia1
HIM Pjotr
I Aleksejevitch Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias "The
Great"
* Moscow, June 9th, 1672
† St. Petersburg, February 8th, 1725
Emperor of Russia, May 7th, 1682
Married:
(allegedly)
November 8th, 1707 and (publicly) Warsaw, March 1st,
1712:Children from the first marriage:
Married:
Torgau, October 25th, 1711:
HSH Charlotte Duchess von
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
* Brunswick, August 29th, 1694
† St. Petersburg, November 2nd, 1715
Children from this marriage:
Children from the second marriage:
HIM Elisaveta Petrovna Empress and
Autocrat of all the RussiasMarried:
ca. 1742:
Alexei Count Razumovsky
* Lemeshi, March 17th, 1709
† St. Petersburg, July 17th, 1771
HIH Anna
Petrovna Grand Duchess of Russia
* Moscow, February 7th, 1708
† Kiel, May 15th, 1728
Married:
St. Petersburg, June 1st, 1725:
HSH Karl Friedrich Duke von Holstein-Gottorp
* Stockholm, April 30th, 1700
† Rolfshagen, June 18th, 1739
Duke von Holstein-Gottorp, July 19th, 1702
Child from this marriage:
HIM Pjotr III Karlovitch Emperor and
Autocrat of all the Russias
(Born as: HSH Karl Peter Ulrich Duke von
Holstein-Gottorp)
(Since 1745:) HIH Pjotr Karlovitch Grand Duke of Russia
* Kiel, February 21st, 1728
† (murdered) Ropsha, July 17th, 1762
Duke von Holstein-Gottorp, June 18th, 1739
Proclaimed Heir to the Throne of Russia, 1745
Emperor of Russia, January 5th, 1762 (forced to abdicate: July
5th, 1762)
Married:
St. Petersburg, September 1st, 1745:
HSH Sophie Auguste Friederike Princess von Anhalt-Zerbst
(Following her conversing to the Orthodox faith styled as: HIH Ekatarina
Aleksejevna Grand Duchess of Russia)
(Since July 9th, 1762:) HIM Ekatarina II Aleksejevna
Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias "The Great"
* Stettin, May 2nd, 1729
† St. Petersburg, November 17th n.s., 1796
Empress of Russia, July 9th, 1762
Children from this marriage:
HIM Pavel
I Petrovitch Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias
(Born as: HIH Pavel Petrovitch Grand Duke of Russia)
* Summer Palace (Mikhailov Palace), St. Petersburg, October 1st
n.s., 1754
† (assassinated) Summer Palace (Mikhailov Palace), St.
Petersburg, March 24th n.s., 1801
Emperor of Russia, November 17th n.s., 1796 (crowned: Kremlin,
Moscow, April 5th, 1797)
Married:
St. Petersburg, October 7th n.s., 1776:
Children from the second marriage:
Married:
Winter Palace Church, Winter
Palace, St. Petersburg, October 9th n.s., 1793:
HSH Luise Marie Auguste Margravine von Baden
(Since July 25th, 1803:) HSH Luise Marie Auguste
Princess and Margravine von Baden
(Since July 25th, 1806:) HGDH Luise Marie
Auguste Grand-Ducal Princess and Margravine von Baden
(Following her conversion to the Orthodox faith, May 20th
n.s., 1793, styled as: HIH Elisaveta Aleksejevna
Grand Duchess of Russia)
* Karlsruhe, January 24th, 1779
† Bjelev near Kaluga, May 16th n.s., 1826
Children from this marriage:
HIH Konstantin Pavlovitch Grand
Duke of Russia
Married:
Married:
St. Petersburg, October 30th, 1799:
HI & RH Joseph Anton Johann Baptist Prince Imperial and Archduke and Prince Royal of
Hungary and Bohemia, Prince of Tuscany
(Since July 12th, 1795:) HI & RH Joseph Anton Johann
Baptist Prince Imperial and Archduke and Prince Royal of Hungary
and Bohemia, Prince of Tuscany, Palatine of Hungary
* Florence, March 9th, 1776
† Ofen (= Buda, today a part of Budapest), January 13th, 1847
Palatine of Hungary, July 12th, 1795
Married:
Gatchina, October 23rd, 1799:
HRH Friedrich Ludwig Hereditary Grand Duke von
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(Born as: HSH Friedrich Ludwig Duke von
Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
(Since April 24th, 1785:) HSH Friedrich Ludwig
Hereditary Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
* Ludwigslust, June 13th, 1778
† Ludwigslust, November 29th, 1819
Hereditary Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, April 24th,
1785; Hereditary Grand Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin,
June 14th, 1815
Married:
St. Petersburg, August 3rd, 1804:
HRH Carl Friedrich Grand Duke von Saxe-Weimar
und Eisenach, Duke von Saxony
(Born as: HSH Carl Friedrich Hereditary Duke von
Saxe-Weimar und Eisenach, Duke von Saxony)
(Since April 21st, 1815:) HRH Carl Friedrich
Hereditary Grand Duke von Saxe-Weimar und Eisenach, Duke
von Saxony
* Weimar, February 2nd, 1783
† Belvedere near Weimar, July 8th, 1853
Hereditary Duke von Saxe-Weimar und Eisenach, February
2nd, 1783; Hereditary Grand Duke von Saxe-Weimar und
Eisenach, April 21st, 1815
Grand Duke von Saxe-Weimar und Eisenach, June 14th, 1828
HIH Ekatarina Pavlovna Grand
Duchess of Russia
Married:
HIH Olga Pavlovna Grand Duchess of
Russia
Married:
St. Petersburg, February 21st n.s.,
1816:
HM Willem II Frederik George Lodewijk King of the Netherlands, Prince of
Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, etc., etc., etc.
("Guillot")
(Born as: HSH Willem Frederik George Lodewijk
Prince of Orange-Nassau)
(Since December 2nd, 1813:) HSH Willem Frederik
George Lodewijk Hereditary Prince of the Netherlands,
Prince of Orange-Nassau
(Since March 16th, 1815:) HRH Willem Frederik
George Lodewijk Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of
Orange-Nassau, Prince of Orange
* Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, December 6th, 1792
† Tilburg, March 17th, 1849
Hereditary Prince of the Netherlands, December 2nd, 1813;
Minister of War, 1814-1817; Prince of Orange, March 16th,
1815; Member of the Council of State, 1815;
Vice-President of the Council of State, 1829; President
of the Council of Ministers, 1829-1830
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg,
October 7th, 1840 (inaugurated: Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam,
November 28th, 1840)
Lieutenant-Colonel of the British Army in Spain and
Aide-de-Camp of Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington,
1811-1813; General of the Infantry, December 22nd, 1813;
Inspector-General of the Army, 1814-1817;
Commander-in-Chief of the Army, 1830-1839; Fieldmarshal,
August 25th, 1831
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece; Knight of the
Order of the Bath
HIM Nikolai I Pavlovitch Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias 
Married:
St. Petersburg, February 20th n.s.,
1824:
HRH Friederike Charlotte Marie Princess von Württemberg
(Following her conversion to the Orthodox faith, December
17th n.s., 1823, styled as: HIH Elena Pavlovna
Grand Duchess of Russia)
* Stuttgart, January 9th, 1807
† Stuttgart, January 21st, 1873
Children from this marriage:
Married:
St. Petersburg, January
31st n.s., 1844:
HRH Adolphe I Guillaume Charles
Auguste Fréderic
Grand Duke de Luxembourg, Duke de Nassau, Count
Palatine of the Rhine, Count de Sayn,
Königstein, Katzenelnbogen et de Diez, Viscount
d'Hammerstein, Lord de Mahlberg, Wiesbaden,
Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg et d'Eppstein
(Born as: HDSH Adolph Wilhelm Carl August
Friedrich Hereditary Prince von Nassau)
(Since August 20th, 1839:) HDSH Adolph
Wilhelm Carl August Friedrich Duke von Nassau,
Count Palatine of the Rhine, Count zu Sayn,
Königstein, Katzenelnbogen und Diez, Viscount zu
Hammerstein, Lord zu Mahlberg, Wiesbaden,
Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg und Eppstein
(Since August 22nd, 1844:) HH Adolph
Wilhelm Carl August Friedrich Duke von Nassau,
Count Palatine of the Rhine, Count zu Sayn,
Königstein, Katzenelnbogen und Diez, Viscount zu
Hammerstein, Lord zu Mahlberg, Wiesbaden,
Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg und Eppstein
* Schloß Biebrich near Wiesbaden, July 24th,
1817
† Schloß Hohenburg near Lenggries, November
17th, 1905
Hereditary Prince von Nassau, July 24th, 1817
Duke von Nassau, August 20th, 1839 (deposed when
Nassau was annexed to Prussia, September 7th,
1866)
Prince-Regent of Luxembourg, April 10th - May
3rd, 1889 and May 4th - November 23rd, 1890 (for
Grand Duke Willem III)
Grand Duke of Luxembourg, November 23rd, 1890
(sworn-in: Parliament, Luxembourg, December 9th,
1890)
Colonel of the 15th Regiment Infantry of Austria;
Colonel of the Cavalry of Prussia, General of the
Cavalry of Prussia; Colonel of the Imperial
Regiment Ulans of Odessa of Russia, January 9th,
1844; General of the Army of Sweden
Granted the style of Highness, August 22nd, 1844
Married:
St. Petersburg, February
16th, 1851:
HH Georg August Ernst Adolf Karl Ludwig
Duke von Mecklenburg-Strelitz
* Neustrelitz, January 11th, 1824
† St. Petersburg, June 20th, 1876
HIM Nikolai I Pavlovitch Emperor and
Autocrat of all Russians
(Born as: HIH Nikolai Pavlovitch Grand Duke of Russia)
* Alexander Palace, Tsarkoe Selo, July 6th n.s., 1796
† Emperor's Cabinet Room, Winter Palace, St. Petersburg,
March 2nd n.s., 1855
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne, August 28th n.s., 1823
Emperor of Russia, December 1st n.s., 1825 (crowned: Moscow,
September 3rd n.s., 1826 and Warsaw, May 24th, 1829)
Married:
St. Petersburg, July 13th n.s., 1817:
HRH Friederike Luise Charlotte Wilhelmine Princess of Prussia
(Following her conversion to the Orthodox faith, July 6th n.s.,
1817, styled as: HIH Aleksandra Feodorovna Grand Duchess
of Russia)
* Schloß Charlottenburg, July 13th, 1798
† Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, November 1st n.s., 1860
Children from this marriage:
Married:
HIH Olga Nikolaievna Grand Duchess
of Russia
Married:
Peterhof, July 13th n.s., 1846:
HM Karl I Friedrich Alexander King von Württemberg
(Born as: HRH Karl Friedrich Alexander Crown
Prince von Württemberg)
* Stuttgart, March 6th, 1823
† Stuttgart, October 6th, 1891
Crown Prince von Württemberg, March 6th, 1823
King von Württemberg, June 25th, 1864
Married:
St. Petersburg, January 28th, 1844:
HRH Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Adolf Landgrave von
Hesse
(Born as: HH Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Adolf
Landgrave von Hesse-Cassel)
* Cassel, November 26th, 1820
† Frankfurt am Main, October 14th, 1884
Landgrave von Hesse, June 6th, 1875
HIM Aleksandr II Nikolaievitch Emperor and
Autocrat of all the Russias
(Born as: HIH Aleksandr Nikolaievitch Grand Duke of
Russia)
(Since December 1st n.s., 1825:) HIH Aleksandr
Nikolaievitch Czarevitch of Russia
* Moscow, April 29th, 1818
† (assassinated) St. Petersburg, March 13th n.s., 1881
Czarevitch of Russia, December 1st n.s., 1825
Emperor of Russia, March 2nd n.s., 1855 (crowned: Moscow,
September 7th n.s., 1856)
Married:
Children from the first marriage:
HIH Marie Aleksandrovna Grand Duchess
of Russia 
Married:
Winter Palace, St. Petersburg,
January 23rd n.s., 1874:
HRH Alfred Ernest Albert Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
("Affie")
(Since May 24th, 1866:) HRH Alfred Ernest Albert
Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Prince of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Edinburgh
(Since August 22nd, 1893:) HRH Alfred Ernest
Albert Duke von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha, Duke von Saxony,
Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Edinburgh
* Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, August 6th, 1844
† (cancer of the throat) Schloß Rosenau near
Coburg, July 30th, 1900
Created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent and Ulster, May
24th, 1866
Duke von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha, August 22nd, 1893
Knight of the Garter, May 24th, 1863
HIH Sergej Aleksandrovitch Grand Duke
of Russia 
Married:
Winter Palace Church, Winter
Palace, St. Petersburg, June 15th n.s., 1884:
HGDH Elisabeth Alexandra Luise Alice Princess von Hesse und bei Rhine
("Ella")
(Following her conversion to the Orthodox faith on April
25th n.s., 1891 styled as: HIH Elisaveta
Feodorovna Grand Duchess of Russia)
* Bessungen, November 1st, 1864
† (killed) Alapaievsk-Tchinyatcha, July 17th/18th,
1918
Children from the second marriage:3
Married:
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, May 12th,
1895:
Georg
Nicolas Count von Merenberg
* Wiesbaden, February 13th, 1871
† Wiesbaden, May 31st, 1948
Married:
HIM Aleksandr III Aleksandrovitch Emperor and
Autocrat of all the Russias ("Sascha")
(Born as: HIH Aleksandr Aleksandrovitch Grand Duke of
Russia)
(Since April 24th n.s., 1865:) HIH Aleksandr
Aleksandrovitch Czarevitch of Russia
* St. Petersburg, March 10th n.s., 1845
† (nephritis) Livadia Palace, Crimea, November 1st n.s.,
1894
Czarevitch of Russia, April 24th n.s., 1865
Emperor of Russia, March 13th n.s., 1881 (crowned: Moscow, May
27th n.s., 1883)
Married:
Winter Palace Church, Winter Palace, St.
Petersburg, November 9th n.s., 1866:
HRH Marie
Sophie Frederikke Dagmar
Princess of Denmark ("Minnie")
(Born as: HSH Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar Princess zu
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
(Since July 31st, 1853:) HH Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar
Princess of Denmark
(Following her conversion to the orthodox faith, October 24th
n.s., 1866, styled as: HIH Marie Feodorovna Grand Duchess
of Russia)
* Yellow Palace, Amaliegade, Copenhagen, November 26th, 1847
† Villa Hvidøre, Emiliekildevej, Klampenborg near
Copenhagen, October 13th, 1928
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Winter Palace Church, Winter
Palace, St. Petersburg, November 26th n.s., 1894:
HGDH Viktoria Alice Helena Luise Beatrice Princess von Hesse und bei Rhine
("Alix"/"Sunny")
(Following her conversion to the Orthodox faith, November
2nd n.s., 1894, styled as: HIH Aleksandra
Feodorovna Grand Duchess of Russia)
* Neues Palais, Darmstadt, June 6th, 1872
† (assassinated) Ipatiev House, Voznesenskaya
Square, Ekaterinenburg, July 16th/17th, 1918
Children from this marriage:
HIH Tatjana
Nikolaievna Grand Duchess of Russia
HIH Marie
Nikolaievna Grand Duchess of Russia
("Mashka")
HIH Anastasia
Nikolaievna Grand Duchess of Russia
HIH Aleksej
Nikolaievitch Czarevitch of Russia
HIH Aleksandr Aleksandrovitch Grand
Duke of Russia
HIH Georgij Aleksandrovitch Grand
Duke of Russia
HIH Xenia Aleksandrovna Grand
Duchess of Russia
Married:
Peterhof, August 6th n.s., 1894:
HIH Aleksandr Mikhailovitch Grand Duke of Russia ("Sandro")
* Tiblisi, April 13th n.s., 1866
† Roquebrune, February 26th, 1933
HIM Mikhael II Aleksandrovitch
Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias
("Misha")Married:
(morganatic) Vienna, October 29th
n.s., 1912:
Natalja Sergejevna Cheremetevskaya
* Moscow, July 9th n.s., 1880
† Paris, February 26th, 1952
Created Countess Brassova 1928; created HSH Princess
Romanovskaya-Brassova, July 28th, 1935
Child from this marriage:
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