Who Would Be Tsar of Russia Today? | Romanov Family Tree

Today I am going to explore the question of who

would

be Tsar or Emperor of Russia

today

if Russia decided to restore the Romanov Monarchy. Interestingly, this is not an easy question to answer, so I'm going to present you with six different possible candidates and then at the end just for fun I'll give you my opinion on who I think has the best claim, so the last Tsar of Russia was Nicholas II of the house of Romanov, reigned from 1894 to 1917 when he was forced to abdicate during Russian rule. revolution technically his brother Michael was

tsar

for about a day at this point before he refused to formally accept the title and speaking of titles I should point out that the Russian

tsar

s were actually emperors, although in reality the two terms were of equivalent rank and a The word tsar is often used interchangeably, after all it is derived from the word Caesar, but the main thing you should know is that in 1917 Russia ceased to be a monarchy and then, in 1918, Nicholas II his wife, his four daughters, his 14-year-old daughter.

His son Alexi, his brother Michael and several other members of the Romanov

family

were executed. By this time, Russia had become a socialist republic and by 1922 was the main part of the USSR, also known as the Soviet Union. That state lasted until 1991, when Russia became known as the Russian federation, which is what it is called

today

, but let's say Russia wanted to restore the Romanovs to the imperial throne and become a monarchy again. Who

would

you choose to wear the crown well? First of all, you should know two important things. About Russia's succession laws first, only children born from a non-morganatic marriage are eligible Generally speaking, a non-morganatic marriage is a marriage between two nobles, while a morganatic marriage is a marriage between a noble and someone of a lower rank, something like the duke and duchess of cambridge in the united kingdom second after the reign of katherine the great it was decided that only male members of the dynasty are eligible now technically the house of holstein goetorp Romanov would be eligible the only exception This is what it would be like if there were absolutely no eligible males left, so with these two rules in mind, called the Pauline Rules named after Emperor Paul I of Russia, let's now look at the

family

tree

first of all, there are no living descendants of Nicholas II or his brother Miguel, although there have been several impostors over the years who have claimed to be Alexi Anastasia or some other descendant;

However, as it stands now, the remains of Nicholas II's entire family have been found and DNA tested, so the myth that one of them perhaps escaped can be put to rest. To rest, Michael had a son named George, but he died childless at age 20 and was born from a morganatic marriage anyway, so if we want to find a male-line heir, we have to look further back in the

tree

at the moment of the Romanov family. execution the next person in the line of succession was grand duke k royal son of tsar alexander iii's younger brother vladimir, during the revolution he and his wife, who was a german princess, escaped to finland and later lived in germany and france In 1924, he declared himself guardian of the Russian throne and then declared himself emperor in exile.

Initially there was some dispute over this among the other surviving Romanovs, but he was eventually universally recognized as the rightful head of the house. Kariel died in 1938 and therefore at that time the role of claimant to the Russian throne passed to his only son, Grand Duke Vladimir, who then held that role for the next 54 years until his death in 1992 and it is in that moment when things first got complicated. Of course, Vladimir had no children, his only child was a daughter named Maria, and secondly, there was some debate as to whether Vladimir's marriage had been non-morganatic.

He married Princess Leonida of the House of Bagrationi, a very ancient house that had ruled Georgia for over a thousand years, but at that time he no longer had rain because Russia had annexed her lands. For these reasons, Russian monarchists ended up dividing their support after the death of Grand Duke Vladimir. Some supported his daughter Maria, but others supported a man named Nicholas Romanov, instead at that time Nicholas was the highest ranking member of the house mail line of a non-morganatic marriage and was also the president of the Romanov family association when he died childless in 2014.

His claim was picked up by his brother Dmitry. who then died childless just two years later, at that time in 2016 there was only one person left who could claim to be from a non-morganatic line and from an exclusively male line, that person was and is Andrew Romanov, who interestingly is also the grandson . Nicholas II's sister, Xenia Andrew, is now 97 years old and currently lives in California. Her sister Olga Ella is the current president of the Romanov family association, but the problem with Andrew is that she did not marry a nobleman and therefore her children are not eligible to continue the association. claim of her. after his death under the original Pauline rules nor anyone else once Andrew dies, there will be no person who can claim to be from a non-morganatic line and from an exclusively male line, so at that time we will be left with an option .

Do we go with a female line that has kept all of their marriages strictly within the nobility or do we go with a male-only line even though some non-nobles have now entered the family tree? Of course, there is also a third possibility that we could forget about. both the original rules and simply opting for some other system such as absolute primogeniture or the person with the most current ties to Russia. Let's look at the two non-morganatic female line candidates first because, according to the original rules, they will in fact be eligible in At the time Andrew dies, I already mentioned Maria, she has the distinction of being the daughter of the last undisputed chief of the house, in addition to being a candidate that many already support as long as we consider that her mother was of noble blood.

In fact, she has a very strong claim, but if we do not consider her mother to have been noble, then we would have to look elsewhere, in the next highest ranking line, descendant of the emperor in exile, Karel Karel had a daughter who She married a German prince. and then his son emek married a duchess and had a son named carl carl claims to be the legitimate heir to the throne and in fact has supported the creation of a micronation called the Romanov empire of which he would be the emperor reigning as Nicholas iii he and a man Russian businessman named Anton Bakhov have tried to secure several places in which to build their new nation so far they have tried and failed in the Balkans the Caribbean the Pacific Ocean and off the coast of West Africa they are currently considering building an artificial island in the waters neutral Mediterranean countries, but have declared that they are waiting for the coveted 19 pandemic to pass before continuing with it.

Well, now let's look at the highest ranking non-morganatic male line if we drop the requirement. so that all marriages are to a woman of noble rank, the highest ranking member of the House of Romanov postal line is currently Dmitry Ilinsky, son of former mayor of Palm Beach, Florida, Paul Elinsky, Dimitri is a US citizen and a successful businessman, but there are two more possibilities, what if we discarded both male rule and non-morganatic rule and simply opted for absolute primogeniture, which is the system that most European monarchies use today ? Using this method, the line would pass through Nicholas II's sister, Xenia, and then through her first-born son, Sandy Irina married a Russian count who turned out to have been involved in the murder of the famous Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin.

Irina had a daughter also named Arena, who later had a daughter named Xenia, who is currently 78 years old and lives in Greece along with a daughter and two granddaughters, so Arena is a fifth possibility. Finally, how about choosing the family member with the most current ties to Russia? That person would be Ratzislav Romanov. He is a male-line descendant and also a descendant of Nicholas II's sister, Xenia, his father. He was Andrew Romanov's first cousin, an artist, and the only member of the House of Romanov to have lived in Russia since the fall of the Empire. He currently divides his time between the United Kingdom and Russia and serves as vice president of the Romanov Family Association. and is the main representative within Russia, so there are six candidates, each with a claim to the former imperial throne personally.

I think the person with the strongest right is Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna. She fits the original rules as long as her mother is considered noble and being that her mother was from the very old royal house of bagrio tioni I would say she was if we disqualify her simply because the house of bagriot tony no longer rules then we would have that disqualify all Romanov family she also has the distinction of being the only daughter of the last undisputed head of the house, grand duke vladimir and she is the person recognized by the

russia

n orthodox church as the rightful heir, but what do you think let me know in the comments, whether you agree or disagree with my choice and why, but before I go, I want to share something interesting with you.

I myself, through my wife, have a kind of connection with the Romanov family, so here I am and here I am my wife, Charlotte. Charlotte had a great-grandfather named Isaac, who was one of the many Eastern European Jews who immigrated to Ellis Island in the early 20th century. Isaac had three first cousins ​​who were photographers and not only were they the official photographers of the Tsar's family, many of the photos you can find online of Empress Alexandra and her children were actually kidnapped by them, so it's cool, yeah If you are interested in learning more about the Russian Tsars, we have another video covering all the Tsars from Ivan the Terrible to Nicholas II that you can find. a link to that on the screen now or in the description thanks for watching