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Early years. Paul was son of Emperor Peter III of Russia, nephew and anointed heir of the Empress Elizabeth (second-eldest daughter of Tsar Peter the Great), and his wife Catherine II, born Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, daughter of a minor German prince, who married into the Russian Romanov dynasty and subsequently deposed Paul's father, Peter III, to take the Russian throne and become Catherine ...
- 17 (6) November 1796 – 23 (11) March 1801
- Catherine II of Russia
Apr 1, 2024 · Paul, emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801. He was the son of Peter III (reigned 1762) and Catherine the Great (reigned 1762–96). A tyrannical and capricious ruler, he was assassinated in his bedchamber with the approval of his son and heir, Alexander I.
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May 29, 2018 · PAUL I. PAUL I (in Russian, Pavel Petrovich; 1754–1801; ruled 1796–1801), emperor of Russia. Officially, Paul was the son of Peter III (r. 1762) and Catherine II (the Great, r. 1762–1796), but it is likely that his real father was the Russian nobleman Sergei Saltykov. Paul never doubted his royal paternity and revered his father's memory ...
Personality and reputation of Paul I of Russia. Paul I of Russia, also known as Tsar Paul, reigned as Emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801. He succeeded his mother, Catherine the Great, and immediately began a mission to undo her legacy. Paul had deep animosity towards his mother and her actions as empress.
Paul I was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his 1801 assassination. Paul remained overshadowed by his mother for most of his life. He adopted the laws of succession to the Russian throne—rules that lasted until the end of the Romanov dynasty and of the Russian Empire. He also intervened in the French Revolutionary Wars and toward the end of his reign, added Kartli and Kakheti in Eastern ...
Paul I. Born: St. Petersburg, 20 September (1 October) 1754. Died: St. Petersburg, 11 (23) March 1801. Reigned: 1796-1801. The future Emperor Paul I was the son of Peter III and his wife, Catherine the Great. Contemporaries spread rumors that Peter was not Paul's real father, but rather that this honor belonged to the Russian officer, Sergei ...
Feb 8, 2024 · Paul I, Tsar of All Russia was born in St. Petersburg on 1st October 1754. He was the son of Catherine the Great, born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst in Prussia, and Peter III, Tsar of All Russia for a few months in 1762.
