ROMANOV  , the name of the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian imperial See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty, regnant in the male See also:

• LINE

line from 1613 to 1730, and thenceforward in the See also:

• FEMALE

female line . The Romanovs descended from Andrei, surnamed Kobyla, who is said to have come to See also:

• MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)
• MOSCOW, (Russian Moskva)

Moscow from See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia about 1341 to enter the service of the See also:

• GRAND

grand-See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke Semen (d . 1353) . His son Feodor, surnamed Koschka, was the ancestor of the families of Suchovo-Kobylin, Kalytschev and Scheremetjev, as well as of the Romanovs . Feodor's See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, Sakhariya Ivanovich, was a See also:

• BOYAR (Russ. boyarin, plur. boyare)

boyar of Vasilii V., grand-duke of Moscow at intervals between 1425 and 1462, and the See also:

• FAMILY

family took its name from his grandson See also:

• ROMAN

Roman, whose daughter Anastasia Romanovna married the See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

tsar See also:

• IVAN (JOHN)

Ivan the Terrible . Her See also:

• BROTHER

brother Nikita Romanovich married the princess Eudoxia Alexandrovna, a descendant of Andrei Jaroslavovich, grand-duke of Susdal-See also:

• VLADIMIR
• VLADIMIR, ST (c. 956-1015)

Vladimir (d . 1264), and in this way the Romanovs were - linked up with the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient royal See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Rurik . The Romanovs suffered heavily in the disorders following on the See also:

• DEATH

death of Ivan . Some were executed and others exiled . Nikita's son Feodor (the See also:

• ARCHIMANDRITE (from Gr. apxcov, a ruler, and µav3pa, a fold or monastery)

archimandrite See also:

• PHILARET [THEODORE NIKITICH ROIIANOV] (? 1553–1633)

Philaret) was banished, but was recalled by the false See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius . In 1610 he was imprisoned by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, but his piety and virtues led to the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of his son, Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov, to the See also:

• THRONE

throne of the tsars in 1613 . Philaret became See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch of Moscow in 1619, and supported his son's See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government until his death in 1634 .

Mikhail was seventeen when he began his reign, and died in 1645 . He was succeeded by his son See also:

• ALEXIS
• ALEXIS, WILLIBALD

Alexis, whose three sons, Feodor III., Ivan II. and See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter 4 . (the See also:

• GREAT

Great), inherited the throne . After the two years' reign of Peter's widow, Ekaterina Aleksievna Skavronska (See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine I.), his grandson, Peter Aleksievich (Peter II.), succeeded . He died in 1730, and the See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession devolved on the family of Ivan II., on his daughter See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna (1730-4o) and his great-grandson Ivan III., and in 1741 on See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great . Peter's See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder daughter, Anna, had married See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick of See also:

• HOLSTEIN
• HOLSTEIN, FRIEDRICH VON (1837–1909)

Holstein-Gottorp, and with the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of her son, Peter III., in 1762 begins the See also:

• PRESENT

present reigning dynasty of Holstein-Gottorp or See also:

• OLDENBURG

Oldenburg-Romanov . See R . Nisbet See also:

• BAIN, ALEXANDER (1818-1903)
• BAIN, ANDREW GEDDES (1797-1864)

Bain, The First Romanovs (1905); P . V . Dolgorukov, See also:

• NOTICE

Notice sur See also:

• LES

les principales families de la Russie (2nd ed., See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1858) .