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Tsar Paul I of Russia

Paul I
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Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
Reign 17 November 1796 – 23 March 1801
Coronation 5 April 1797
Predecessor Catherine II
Successor Alexander I
Born 1 October [O.S. 20 September] 1754
St Petersburg
Died 23 March 1801(1801-03-23) (aged 46)
St Michael's Castle
Burial Peter and Paul Cathedral
Consort Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
Issue
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Alexander I, Emperor of Russia
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich
Alexandra, Archduchess of Austria
Elena, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Maria, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Catherine, Queen of Württemberg
Grand Duchess Olga Pavlovna
Anna, Queen of the Netherlands
Nikolai I, Emperor of Russia
Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich
Full name
Paul Petrovich Romanov
House Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father Peter III
Mother Catherine II
Religion Russian Orthodoxy
Signature
Full name
Paul Petrovich Romanov

Paul I (Russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич; Pavel Petrovich) (1 October [O.S. 20 September] 1754 – 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1801) reigned as Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. Officially, he was the only son of Peter III (reigned January to July 1762) (whom he resembled physically and by character) and of Catherine the Great (reigned 1762–96), though Catherine hinted that he was fathered by her lover Sergei Saltykov, who also had Romanov blood, being a descendant of the first Romanov Tsar's sister, Tatiana Feodorovna Romanova

Paul remained overshadowed by his mother for much of his life. His reign lasted five years, ending with his assassination by conspirators. His most important achievement was the adoption of the laws of succession to the Russian throne - rules that lasted until the end of the Romanov dynasty and of the Russian Empire.

He became de facto Grand Master of the Order of Hospitallers, and ordered the construction of a number of Maltese thrones (as of 2016 on display in the State Hermitage Museum, Gatchina Palace and the Kremlin Armoury).

Paul was born in the Palace of Empress Elizabeth in Saint Petersburg. He was the son of the Grand Duchess Catherine, later Empress Catherine the Great, who was the wife of Elizabeth's heir and nephew, the Grand Duke Peter, later Emperor Peter III.


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