Succession to the Russian crown

Rurik (862-879
Prince in Novgorod (Norse from Jutland)

Oleg (879 -912)
Prince in Novgorod and from 882 in Kiev

Igor (912-945)
(married Olga, Norse princess from Pskov)

Olga (regent 945- [957] 964)

Svyatoslav I([957] 964-972)
(married Malusha, Slavic servant)

Yaropolk I Svyatoslavovich (972-978)

St. Vladimir Svyatoslavovich (978-1015)
(married Rogned of Polotsk, Norse Princess) His sons were Iziaslav, Svyatopolk I, Mstislav, Yaroslav I, Boris I, Sviatoslav, Gleb.

Svyatopolk I Vladimirovich (Okayannii) (1015-1019)

Yaroslav Vladimirovich the wise (1019-1054)
(married Ingigerd of Sweden) His sons were Vladimir, Iziaslav, Sviatoslav II, Vsevolod I, Viacheslav, and Igor.

IziaslavYaroslavich (1054-1078)
His sons were Sviatopolk II and Yaropolk

Svyatoslav II Yaroslavichof Chernigov (usurper 1073-1076)
His sons were Gleb, David, Oleg and Yaroslav. David's son was Iziaslav III. Oleg's sons were Vsyevolod II, Igor and Svyatoslav. Yaroslav's sons were Vladimir and Rostislav. Rostislav had a son named Gleb who began the ruling dynasty of Riazan

Vsevelod I Yaroslavich (1078-1093)
(married Byzantine princess of house of Monomach) His son was Vladimir II Monomakh

Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich (1093-1113)
(son of Iziaslav Yaroslavich)

VladimirII Vsevelodovich (Monomakh) (1113-1125)
son of Vsevolod Yaroslavich, he had 2 or 3 wives. His sons were Mstislav, Yaropolk II, Viacheslav, Andrei and Yuri I Dolgoruki.

Mstislav I Vladimirovich, Velikii (1125-1132)
He was eldest son of Vladimir Monomakh. His sons were Iziaslav and Rostislav (ruler of Smolensk)

Yaropolk II Vladimirovich (1132-1139)
He was the second son of Vladimir Monomakh. He received Periaslavl. His son was Vyacheslav.

Vsevolod II Olegovich (1139-1146)
(son of Oleg son of Sviatoslav II)

Izyaslav II Mstislavich (1146-1154)

Yuri I Vladimirovich Dolgoruki (1151 - 1155)
He was sixth son of Vladimir Monomakh who ruled in Rostov-Suzdal (1125). He became independent and moved his capital from Rostov to Suzdal. In 1149 he sacked Kiev and established the grand princedom at Suzdal. He died in Kiev in 1157. He married a Polovtsian princess,. His sons were Rostislav, Andrei I Bogoliubski, Gleb, Mstislav, Vasili, Mikhail and Vsevolod III Big Nest.

Rostislav (Smolensk 1154-1167)

Andrei Yur'yevich Bogoliubski (Vladimir 1157-1174) Grand prince 1169-1174)
son of Yuri Dolgoruki

Mikhalko Yur'yevich (1174-1176)

Vsevolod III Yur'yevich Big Nest (1176-1212)
son of Yuri Dologruki (married Maria, Ossetian princess) His sons were Constantine (who founded Rostov dynasty) Yuri II, Yaroslav II, Sviatoslav and Ivan

Yuri II Vsevolodovich (1212-1238)
son of Vsvelod III

Konstantin Vsevolodivch (1216-1219)
(to Rostov)

Yurii Vsevolodivch (2nd time) 1219-1238)

Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich (1238-1246)
son of Vsvelod III. He married Feodosia of Riazan. His sons were Constantine, Andrei II (founder of the Suzdal-Nishegorod dynasty), Aleksandr Nevski, Mikhail Khorobrit, Yaroslav III, and Vasili

Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich (1246-1248)

Mikhail Yaroslavich Khorobrit (1248)

Andrei II Yaroslavich (1249-1257)

Aleksandr Yaroslavich - Nevsky (1252-1263)
He was the ancestor of both Pyeryeslavski and Moskovski princely dynasties. He married Aleksandra of Polotsk. His sons were Vasili, Dmitri, Andrei III and Daniel of Moscow whose wife's name is not known. Daniel had sons, Yuri III, Afanasi, Ivan I Kalita, Boris and Alexander.

Yaroslav III Yaroslavich (1163-1272)
of Tver. His sons were Sviatoslav, Mikhail and Vasili. Mikhail continued the dynasty as prince of Tver.

Vasilii Yaroslavich (1272-1276) Kostroma

Dmitrii I Aleksandrovich (1276-1281) Pyeryeslavl

Andrei Aleksandrovich (1281-1283) Gorodyets yuri3.htm

Dmitrii I Aleksandrovich (2nd time) 1283-1294)

Andrei Alexandrovich (1294-1304)

Mikhail Yaroslavich (of Tver) 1304-1319)
He was son of Yaroslav III. His sons were Dmitri Steely Eyed, Alexander, Constantine and Vasili. The family ruled Tver through six generations after Mikhail.

Yuri IIIDanilovich (Moscow 1303-1325) Vladimir (1319-1325)
His father was Daniel, son of Aleksandr Nevski. He had no heir.

Dmitri Mikhailovich (1322-1325) (Tver)

Aleksandr Mikhailovich (1323-1328) (Tver)

Ivan I Danilovich - Kalitka (1325-1341) Moscow.
He was the son of Aleksandr Nevski's younger son, Daniel, prince of Moscow who died in 1303. He married Yelena (Russian ?) His sons were Syemon the Proud, Ivan II, and Andrei. Andrei had a son, Vladimir, who had five sons, Ivan, Simyeon, Yaroslav, Andrei and Vasili.

Simyeon Ivanovich (Gordii - the proud) 1341-1353) no heir

Ivan II Ivanovich Krasnii, Krotkii (1353-1359)
He married Feodosia of Briansk. His sons were Dmitri Donskoi and Ivan.

Dmitri Konstantinovich (1359-1363) Suzdal-Nishegorod)
His father, Constantine, was grandson of Andrei II. Dmitri had two brothers, Andrei and Boris. He had two sons, Vasili Kirdiapa and Simyeon. Vasili's sons were Ivan Gorbat and Vasili Grebionka.

Dmitri Ivanovich - Donskoi (1359-1389)
son of Ivan Danilovich. He married Evdokia of Suzdal. His sons were Vasili I, Yuri, Andrei, Peter and Ivan. Yuri had three sons, Vasili Kosoi, Dmitri Shemiaka, and Dmitri the Younger. Andrei had two sons, Ivan and Mikhail.

Vasili I Dmitrovich (1389-1425)
He married Sophia of Lithuania (daughter of Vitovt)His son was Vasili II.

Vasili IIVasil'yevich - the dark (blinded) - (1425-1433)
He married Maria of Borovsk. His sons were Ivan III, Yuri, Andrei the elder, Boris and Andrei the Younger.

Yuri Dmitrovich (1433-1434) Galitshki, brother of Vasili I.

Vasili II Vasil'yevich (2nd time) 1434-1462)

Ivan III Vasil'yevich - the great - (1462-1505)
He married Maria of Tver and then Sophia Paleologus, niece of last Byzantine emperor. His sons were Ivan, Vasili III, Yuri of Dmitrov, Dmitri, Simyeon of Kaluga and Andrei Staritsa. His daughters - Yelena became grandduchess of Lithuania, Feodosia married Prince Vasili Kholmsky, and Evdokia married Petr Ibragimovich of Tatar prince of Kazan. His eldest son, by Maria, Ivan, married Yelyena of Moldavia. Their son, Dmitri, died in 1509.

Vasili III Ivanovich (1505-1533)
He married Yelyena Glinskaya. He had two sons, Ivan IV and Yuri of Uglich.

Yelyena Glinskaya (1533-1538) regent for her son, Ivan IV.

Ivan IV Vasil'yevich (1533-1584)
He married first, Anastasia Romanova. He had three sons. He killed Ivan, the eldest. And the youngest, Dmitri, died at Uglich in 1591.

Feodor I Ivanovich (1584-1598)
He married Irene, sister of Boris Gudonov. Their daughter, Feodosia died as a baby in 1593.

Boris Gudunov (1598-1605)

Feodor II Borisovich (1605)

Lzhyedimitrii I False Dmitri (1605-1606)

Vasili Shuiski

Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov (1613-1645)
His father, Feodor, was Patriarch as Philaret. Feodor was son of Nikita Romanov, who was the brother of Anastasia Romanova, wife of Ivan IV. Mikhail married Eudoxia Streshnev.

Alexei Mikhailovich (1645-1676)
He married first Maria Miloslavski and then Natalia Narishkin. By Maria he had Sophia, Feodor III and Ivan V. By Natalia he had Peter I.

Feodor III Alexeivich (1676-1682)

Ivan V Alexeivich (jointly with Peter 1682-1689)
His daughters were Catherine, married to Charles Leopold of Mecklenburg and Anna, married to the Duke of Courland. Catherine's daugher, Anna, married Anthony of Brunswick and their son was Ivan VI.

Sophia Alexeivna (regent 1682-1689)

Peter Alexeivich (jointly 1682-1689 - alone 1689-1725)
He married first Eudoxia and then Martha Skavronska, who became Catherine I. By Eudoxia he had Alexis, who married Charlotte of Brunswick. Their son was Peter II. By Catherine he had Anna (wife of Charles Frederick) and Elizabeth. Anna's son was Peter III.

Catherine I (1725-1727)
Her daughter, Elizabeth, became empress and her grandson, Peter III became emperor.

Peter II Alexeivich (1727-1730)
the son of Alexis and Charlotte of Brunswick.

Anna Ivanovna (1730-1740)
daughter of Ivan V. Her husband, Duke of Courland died right after the marriage. There was no heir.

Ivan VI (1740-1741)
son of Anna, granddaughter of Ivan V.

Elizabeth Petrovna (1741-1762) no heir

Peter III (1762)
the son of Anna Petrovna and Charles Frederick. He married Sophia of Anhalt Zerbst, who became Catherine II. Their son was Paul I.

Catherine II (1762-1796)
former Sophia, wife of Peter III.

Paul I (1796-1801)
son of Peter III and Catherine II. He married Sophia Dorthea of Wurttemburg. Their sons were Alexander I, Constantine and Nicholas I.

Alexander I Pavlovich (1801-1825)
He married — but had no heir

Nicholas I Pavlovich (1825-1855)
He married Charlotte of Prussia. Their sons were Alexander II, Vladimir, Alexis and Sergius.

Alexander II Nikoliavich (1855-1881)
He married Maria of Hesse- Darmstadt.

Alexander III Alexandrovich (1881-1894)
He married Dagmar of Denmark

Nicholas II Alexandrovich (1894-1917)
He married Alexandra of Hesse Darmstadt.