House of Romanov

The House of Romanov (Russian: Рома́новcode: ru is deprecated ) was the second and last imperial dynasty to rule over Russia. It ruled from 1613 until the February Revolution took away the crown in 1917. The later history of the Imperial House is sometimes referred to as the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov.

House of Romanov Романовыcode: ru is deprecated
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Parent house	Oldenburg → Holstein-Gottorp Romanov
Country	Russia
Founded	1613 - Michael I
Current head	Disputed Rani Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia
Titles	Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias Tsar of All Russia Tsar of Poland Tsar of Siberia Tsar of Georgia Grand Duke of Smolensk Grand Duke of Lithuania Grand Duke of Finland Prince of Estonia Prince of Livonia Prince of Bulgaria and so forth, and so forth, and so forth
Estate(s)	House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Dissolution	Russia: 1917 - Nicholas II abdicated as a result of the February Revolution in favour of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, who refused to accept the throne until it could be approved by a national assembly
Cadet branches	Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov Yurievsky

The Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, who was from a younger branch of the Oldenburgs, married into the Romanov family in the mid-eighteenth century. Though officially known as the House of Romanov, these descendants of the Romanov and Oldenburg Houses are sometimes referred to as Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov.

House Of Romanov Media

• Romanov boyar residence.jpg

  A 16th-century residence of the Yuryev-Zakharyin boyars in Zaryadye, near the Kremlin

• Kostromatsar.jpg

  A crowd at the Ipatiev Monastery imploring Mikhail Romanov's mother to let him go to Moscow and become their tsar (Illumination from a book dated 1673).

• Peter der-Grosse 1838.jpg

  Peter the Great (1672–1725)

• Emperors (or Tsars) of Russia - lifespan age (1721-1918).png

  Lifespan age of all the Russian emperors (1721–1918). The House of Romanov was noted for its succession of short-lived royals.

• COA Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov chivalric.svg

  Arms of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov

• The Romanovs 1892.jpg

  A gathering of members of the Romanov family in 1892, at the summer military manoeuvres in Krasnoye Selo.

• Nicholas II and children with Cossacks of the Guard, cropped.jpg

  The Romanovs visiting a regiment during World War I. From left to right, Grand Duchess Anastasia, Grand Duchess Olga, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarevich Alexei, Grand Duchess Tatiana, and Grand Duchess Maria, and Kuban Cossacks
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  Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, (later Sverdlovsk) in 1928