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)
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.