House of Rurik (1283–1547)

House of Rurik (1283–1547)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Maria	-	-	-	-	-	-	Daniel Daniel of Moscow Daniil Aleksandrovich was the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky and forefather of all the Grand Princes of Moscow....
	?	a Prince of Rostov	-	-	1297	before 1316		Yury Yury of Moscow Yuriy Danilovich, also known as Georgiy Danilovich was Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir ....
	Konchaka-Agafia	Togrilcha (Borjigids)	-	1316		1318
	Helena	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ivan II Ivan II of Russia Ivan II Ivanovich the Fair was the Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1353. Until that date, he had ruled the towns of Ruza and Zvenigorod...
	Alexandra or Ulyana	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Augusta Anastasia of Lithuania Augusta Anastasia of Lithuania Augusta Anastasia of Lithuania was a Grand Princess consort of Muscovy. Most likely she was the daughter of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and wife of Simeon, Grand Prince of Moscow....	Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (Gediminids Gediminids The Gediminids were a dynasty of monarchs of Grand Duchy of Lithuania that reigned from the 14th to the 16th century. One branch of this dynasty, known as the Jagiellons, reigned also in Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of Bohemia... )	-	Winter of 1333	31 March 1340 husband's accession	11 March 1345		Simeon
	Eupraxia of Smolensk	-	-	-		1346 repudiated	-
	Maria Alexandrovna of Tver	Prince Alexander of Tver (Rurikids)	-	-		27 April 1353 husband's death	-
	Alexandra Vasilyevna Velyaminova Alexandra Vasilyevna Velyaminova Alexandra Vasilyevna Velyaminova was a Grand Princess consort of Muscovy; she was married to Grand Prince Ivan II of Moscow. She was the daughter of Vasily Velyaminov, a mayor of Moscow.Issue:...	Vasily Velyaminov, Mayor of Moscow	-	1345	27 April 1353 husband's accession	13 November 1359 husband's death	1364	Ivan II
	Eudoxia Dmitriyevna of Suzdal Eudoxia of Moscow Eudoxia Dmitriyevna —monastic name, Euphrosyne— was a Grand Duchess of Muscovy and wife of Dmitry Donskoy.-Family:Eudoxia Dmitriyevna was a daughter of Dmitry Konstantinovich, Grand Prince of Nizhny Novgorod and Vasilisa of Rostov.... Евдокия Дмитриевна	Dmitry III, Grand Duke of Vladimir-Suzdal Dmitry of Suzdal Dmitri Konstantinovich of Suzdal was a powerful Prince of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod who dominated Russian politics during the minority of his son-in-law, Dmitri Donskoi... (Rurikids)	-	18 January 1367		19 May 1389 husband's death	7 July 1407	Dmitry I
	Sophia of Lithuania Sophia of Lithuania Sophia was the only daughter of Vytautas the Great of Lithuania and his first wife Anna. On January 21, 1391, while her father was engaged in the Lithuanian Civil War, she married Vasili I of Russia. She was the longest serving consort of Russia.After his death in 1425 she became regent for their... Софья Витовтовна	Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (Gediminids Gediminids The Gediminids were a dynasty of monarchs of Grand Duchy of Lithuania that reigned from the 14th to the 16th century. One branch of this dynasty, known as the Jagiellons, reigned also in Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of Bohemia... )	c. 1371	21 January 1391		27 February 1425 husband's death	13 July 1453	Vasily I
	Maria Yaroslavna of Borovsk	Yaroslav Vladimirovich, Prince of Maloyaroslavets (Rurikids)	-	8 March 1433		27 March 1462 husband's death	4 July 1485	Vasily II
	Maria Borisovna of Tver Maria of Tver Maria Borisovna of Tver was the first wife of Grand Prince Ivan III and daughter of Boris Alexandrovich of Tver.... Мария Борисовна	Boris Alexandrovich, Grand Prince of Tver (Rurikids)	c. 1442	4 June 1452	27 March 1462 husband's accession	22 April 1467		Ivan III Ivan III of Russia Ivan III Vasilyevich , also known as Ivan the Great, was a Grand Prince of Moscow and "Grand Prince of all Rus"...
	Zoe Palaiologina Софья Фоминична Палеолог	Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of Morea (Palaeologos)	c. 1455	12 November 1472		7 April 1503
	Solomonia Yuryevna Saburova Solomonia Saburova Saint Solomonia Yuryevna Saburova was the first wife of Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy. She was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Sofia of Suzdal.... Соломония Юрьевна Сабурова	Yury Konstantinovich Saburov (Godunov Godunov Godunov is a Russian surname.Godunov can refer to the following:Two Tsars of Russia and their kin:** Tsar Boris Fyodorovich Godunov a regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then tsar from 1598 to 1605... )	c. 1490	4 September 1505	6 November 1505 husband's accession	November of 1525 marriaged annulled	18 December 1542	Vasili III Vasili III of Russia Vasili III Ivanovich was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. He was the son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name Gavriil...
	Elena Vasilyevna Glinskaya Elena Glinskaya Elena Vasilyevna Glinskaya April 1538, Moscow) was the second wife of Grand Prince Vasili III and regent of Russia for 5 years .- Background :... Елена Васильевна Глинская	Prince Vasili Lvovich Glinsky (Glinski Glinski Glinski, Glinskii, or Glinsky is a family name. Feminine form: Russian: Glinskaya , Polish: Glińska. It may refer to one of the following.... )	c. 1506/1507	21 January 1526		3 December 1533 husband's death

House of Rurik (1547–1598)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Coronation Coronation of the Russian monarch The Coronation of the Russian monarch was a religious ceremony of the Russian Orthodox Church, the state church of the Russian Empire, in which the Emperor of Russia was crowned and invested with regalia, then anointed with chrism and formally blessed by the church to commence his reign...	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Anastasia Romanovna Zakharyina-Yurieva Anastasia Romanovna Anastasia Romanovna Zakharyina-Yurieva was the first wife of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible and the first Russian tsarina...	Roman Yurievich Zakharyin-Yuriev (Romanov Romanov The House of Romanov was the second and last imperial dynasty to rule over Russia, reigning from 1613 until the February Revolution abolished the crown in 1917... )	----	3/13 February 1547		----	7 August 1560		Ivan IV Ivan IV of Russia Ivan IV Vasilyevich , known in English as Ivan the Terrible , was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 until his death. His long reign saw the conquest of the Khanates of Kazan, Astrakhan, and Siberia, transforming Russia into a multiethnic and multiconfessional state spanning almost one billion acres,...
	Maria Temryukovna born Kučenej	Temrjuk of Kabardia	1544	21 August 1561		----	1 September 1569
	Marfa Vasilevna Sobakina	Vasiliy Sobakin	1552	28 October 1571		----	13 November 1571
	Anna Alexeievna Koltovskaya	Alexei Koltovski	----	29 April 1572		----	1574 repudiated by her husband	5 April 1626
	Anna Vasilchikova	----	----	January 1575		----	1576/77
	Vasilisa Melentyeva	----	----	1579		----	1579
	Maria Dolgorukaya	---- (Dolgoruki)	----	1580		----	1580
	Maria Feodorovna Nagaya Maria Nagaya Maria Feodorovna Nagaya was a Russian tsarina and eighth wife of Ivan the Terrible.Maria married Ivan IV in 1581 and a year later gave birth to their son Dmitry. After the Tsar's death in 1584, Nagaya, her son and her brothers were sent into exile to Uglich by Boris Godunov, where she lived...	Feodor Nagoy	----	September 1580 or 1581		----	18 March 1584 husband's death	1608 or 20 August 1612
	Irina Feodorovna Godunova Irina Godunova Irina Feodorovna Godunova later Alexandra was the wife of Tsar Feodor I Ivanovich and the sister of Tsar Boris Godunov Irina Feodorovna Godunova later Alexandra (1557–1603) was the wife of Tsar Feodor I Ivanovich (r. 1584–1598) and the sister of Tsar Boris Godunov Irina Feodorovna Godunova...	Feodor Ivanovich Godunov (Godunov Godunov Godunov is a Russian surname.Godunov can refer to the following:Two Tsars of Russia and their kin:** Tsar Boris Fyodorovich Godunov a regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then tsar from 1598 to 1605... )	1557	1580	18 March 1584	----	16/17 January 1598 husband's death	27 October 1603	Feodor I

Time of Troubles

Time of Troubles

The Time of Troubles was a period of Russian history comprising the years of interregnum between the death of the last Russian Tsar of the Rurik Dynasty, Feodor Ivanovich, in 1598, and the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty in 1613. In 1601-1603, Russia suffered a famine that killed one-third...

 (1598–1613)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Coronation Coronation of the Russian monarch The Coronation of the Russian monarch was a religious ceremony of the Russian Orthodox Church, the state church of the Russian Empire, in which the Emperor of Russia was crowned and invested with regalia, then anointed with chrism and formally blessed by the church to commence his reign...	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Maria Grigorievna Skuratova-Belskaya Maria Grigorievna Skuratova-Belskaya Maria Grigorievna Skuratova-Belskaya , was a Tsaritsa of Russia as the spouse of Tsar Boris Godunov.In 1570/1571, Godunov strengthened his position at court by his marriage to her as she was the daughter of Tsar Ivan the Terrible's favorite Malyuta Skuratov-Belskiy.She was the mother of Tsar Feodor...	Grigory Lukyanovich Skuratov-Belskiy Malyuta Skuratov Grigory Lukyanovich Skuratov-Belskiy , better known as Malyuta Skuratov was one of the most odious leaders of the Oprichnina during the reign of Ivan the Terrible.... (Skuratova-Belskaya)	----	1570/1571	7 January 1598 husband's accession	----	10 June 1605		Boris Godunov Boris Godunov Boris Fyodorovich Godunov was de facto regent of Russia from c. 1585 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. The end of his reign saw Russia descend into the Time of Troubles.-Early years:...
	Marina Yuryevna Mniszech Marina Mniszech Marina Mniszech Marina Mniszech Marina Mniszech (Polish: Maryna Mniszchówna or Maryna Mniszech; Russian: Марина Мнишек (Marina Mnishek); also known as "Marinka the witch" in Russian folklore; c...	Jerzy Mniszech Jerzy Mniszech Jerzy Mniszech was a nobleman in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Member of the Mniszchowie family. Krajczy koronny in 1574, castellan of Radom in 1583, voivode of Sandomierz Voivodship in 1590, żupnik ruski, starost of Lwów in 1593, starost of Sambor, Sokal, Sanock, Rohatyn.Father of Marina... (Mniszech)	c. 1588	1606	1606	----	1606	1614	False Dmitriy I False Dmitriy I False Dmitriy I was the Tsar of Russia from 21 July 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dimitriy Ioannovich . He is sometimes referred to under the usurped title of Dmitriy II... False Dmitry II False Dmitry II False Dmitry II , also called the rebel of Tushino, was the second of three pretenders to the Russian throne who claimed to be Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia, the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible...

House of Romanov (1613–1721)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Coronation Coronation of the Russian monarch The Coronation of the Russian monarch was a religious ceremony of the Russian Orthodox Church, the state church of the Russian Empire, in which the Emperor of Russia was crowned and invested with regalia, then anointed with chrism and formally blessed by the church to commence his reign...	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Maria Vladimirovna Dolgorukova Maria Dolgorukova Maria Vladimirovna Dolgorukova was the first wife of Tsar Michael I of Russia....	Prince Vladimir Timofeyevich Dolgorukov (Dolgoruki Dolgorukov Dolgoroukov is the name of a princely Russian family Dolgorukovs of Rurikid stock. Descendants of Mikhail of Chernigov, they took their name from one prince of Obolensk, whose sobriquet was Dolgorouky, or "Long-Armed" in Russian, alluding their lineage to the ancient Persian monarchy. Among its... )	1601	19 September 1624		----	17 January 1625		Michael I
	Eudoxia Lukyanovna Streshnyova Eudoxia Streshneva Eudoxia Streshnyova was the second wife of Tsar Mikhail. She was a daughter of a nobleman Lukyan Stepanovich Streshnyov from Mozhaysk, who died in 1630, and his wife Anna Konstantinovna Volkonskaya.- Biography :...	Lukyan Stepanovich Streshnyov (Streshnyov)	1608	5 February 1626		----	12 July 1645 husband's death	18 August 1645
	Maria Ilyinichna Miloslavskaya Maria Miloslavskaya Maria Ilyinichna Miloslavskaya was the first wife of tsar Alexis of Russia and mother of the tsars Feodor III of Russia and Ivan V of Russia, as well as regent princess Sophia Alekseyevna.-Biography:...	Ilya Danilovich Miloslavsky (Miloslavsky Miloslavsky Miloslavsky , Miloslavskaya , or Miloslavskoye may refer to:People*Ilya Miloslavsky , a Russian boyar and diplomat*Maria Miloslavskaya , first wife of tsar Alexis I of Russia... )	1625	26 January 1648		----	2/3 March 1669		Aleksey I Alexis I of Russia Aleksey Mikhailovich Romanov was the Tsar of Russia during some of the most eventful decades of the mid-17th century...
	Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina Natalia Naryshkina Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina was the Tsaritsa of Russia from 1671 to 1676 as the second spouse of tsar Alexei I of Russia.-Biography:Coming from a petty noble family, daughter of Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin and wife Anna Leontyevna Leontyeva Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina was the Tsaritsa of...	Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin was the maternal grandfather of Peter the Great.Naryshkin's father was an obscure nobleman, Poluekt Ivanovich Naryshkin from Tarusa... (Naryshkin Naryshkin Naryshkin is a Russian surname and may refer to:* Members of the Naryshkin family* Sergey Naryshkin , a politician* Two men of the name Kirill Naryshkin... )	1 September 1651	1 February 1671		----	29 January 1676 husband's death	4 February 1694
	Agafiya Semyonovna Grushetskaya	Simeon Feodorovich Grushetsky (Grushetsky Grushetsky Grushetsky is a Polish and Russian noble family descending from knight Macey – Chorąży of the King of Poland Jogaila. The King had given to him village Gruszka Duża, in eastern Poland, in favor of knightly merit, in 1411. From the name Gruszka Duża bestow name the family Grushetsky. Klan... )	1663	28 July 1680		----	24 July 1681		Fyodor III Feodor III of Russia Feodor III Alexeevich of Russia was the Tsar of all Russia between 1676 and 1682....
	Marfa Matveyevna Apraksina Marfa Apraxina Marfa Matveyevna Apraksina , was a Tsarina of Russia as the second spouse of Tsar Feodor III of Russia.Seven months after the death of his first spouse, on 24 February 1682, Marfa Apraksina, daughter of Matvey Vasilyevich Apraksin and Domna Bogdanovna Lovchikova, became Fyodor's second wife...	Matvei Vasilievich Apraksin (Apraksin)	1664	24 February 1682		----	7 May 1682 husband's death	11 January 1716
	Praskovya Fyodorovna Saltykova Praskovia Saltykova Praskovia Fyodorovna Saltykova was the tsaritsa of Russia as the only wife of Ivan V of Russia. She was the mother of Empress Anna of Russia...	Feodor Petrovich Saltykov (Saltykov Saltykov Saltykov was a Russian noble family. Notable members of the family include:* Alexander Saltykov** Alexander Mikhailovich Saltykov , a Russian writer and translator** Prince Alexander Nikolayevich Saltykov , a Russian statesman... )	12 October 1664	9 January 1684		----	8 February 1696 husband's death	13 October 1723	Ivan V Ivan V of Russia Ivan V Alekseyevich Romanov was a joint Tsar of Russia who co-reigned between 1682 and 1696. He was the youngest son of Alexis I of Russia and Maria Miloslavskaya. His reign was only formal, since he had serious physical and mental disabilities...
	Eudoxia Feodorovna Lopukhina	Feodor Abramovich Lopukhin (Lopukhin Lopukhin The Lopukhins were a princely and noble Russian family, originating from the legendary Kassog Prince Rededi, a descendant of whom, Vasily Varfolomeyevich Glebov, nicknamed 'kotorogo', was the ancestor of Lopukhins.... )	9 August 1669	6 February 1689		----	1698 divorce	7 September 1731	Peter I Peter I of Russia Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...
	Marfa Samuilovna Skavronskaya born Marta Helena Skowrońska Catherine I of Russia Catherine I , the second wife of Peter the Great, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1725 until her death.-Life as a peasant woman:The life of Catherine I was said by Voltaire to be nearly as extraordinary as that of Peter the Great himself. There are no documents that confirm her origins. Born on...	Samuel Skowroński (Skowroński)	15 April 1684 (New Style)	19 February 1712		----	22 October 1721 became empress	17 May 1727 (New Style)

House of Romanov (1721–1917)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Coronation Coronation of the Russian monarch The Coronation of the Russian monarch was a religious ceremony of the Russian Orthodox Church, the state church of the Russian Empire, in which the Emperor of Russia was crowned and invested with regalia, then anointed with chrism and formally blessed by the church to commence his reign...	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Marfa Samuilovna Skavronskaya born Marta Helena Skowrońska Catherine I of Russia Catherine I , the second wife of Peter the Great, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1725 until her death.-Life as a peasant woman:The life of Catherine I was said by Voltaire to be nearly as extraordinary as that of Peter the Great himself. There are no documents that confirm her origins. Born on...	Samuel Skowroński (Skowroński)	15 April 1684 (New Style)	19 February 1712	22 October 1721 Empire proclaimed	7 May 1724 crowned as co-ruler	8 February 1725 husband's death & became Empress regnant	17 May 1727 (New Style)	Peter I Peter I of Russia Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...
	Catherine Alekseyevna born Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst Catherine II of Russia Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great , Empress of Russia, was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia on as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg...	Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst was a German prince of the House of Ascania. He was a ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Dornburg, then, from 1742, a ruler of the entire Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst... (Ascania)	2 May 1729 (New Style)	21 August 1745	5 January 1762 husband's accession	12 September 1762	17 July 1762 husband's assassination & became Empress regnant	6 November 1796	Peter III Peter III of Russia Peter III was Emperor of Russia for six months in 1762. He was very pro-Prussian, which made him an unpopular leader. He was supposedly assassinated as a result of a conspiracy led by his wife, who succeeded him to the throne as Catherine II.-Early life and character:Peter was born in Kiel, in...
	Maria Feodorovna born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg	Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg Friedrich Eugen of Württemberg , the fourth son of Duke Karl Alexander and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis .-Royal duke:... (Württemberg House of Württemberg The Württemberg family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Württemberg. The House has its origins, according to recent research, probably in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty.-History:... )	25 October 1759	26 September 1776	6 November 1796 husband's accession	5 April 1797	23 March 1801 husband's assassination	5 November 1828	Paul I Paul I of Russia Paul I was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 72nd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta .-Childhood:...
	Elizabeth Alexeievna born Louise of Baden	Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (Zähringen)	24 January 1779	28 September 1793	24 March 1801 husband's accession	15 September 1801	1 December 1825 husband's death	16 May 1826	Alexander I Alexander I of Russia Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....
	Alexandra Feodorovna born Charlotte of Prussia	Frederick William III of Prussia Frederick William III of Prussia Frederick William III was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel .-Early life:... (Hohenzollern House of Hohenzollern The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near... )	13 July 1798	13 July 1817	1 December 1825 husband's accession	3 September 1826	2 March 1855 husband's death	1 November 1860	Nicholas I Nicholas I of Russia Nicholas I , was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. On the eve of his death, the Russian Empire reached its historical zenith spanning over 20 million square kilometers...
	Maria Alexandrovna born Marie of Hesse and by Rhine	Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse Louis II was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1830 until 5 March 1848 . He was the son of Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse.... (Hesse-Darmstadt House of Hesse The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry... )	8 August 1824	16 April 1841	2 March 1855 husband's accession	7 September 1856	8 June 1880		Alexander II Alexander II of Russia Alexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...
	Maria Feodorovna born Dagmar of Denmark	Christian IX of Denmark Christian IX of Denmark Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish... (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)	26 November 1847	9 November 1866	13 March 1881 husband's accession	15 May 1883	1 November 1894 husband's death	13 October 1928	Alexander III Alexander III of Russia Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov , historically remembered as Alexander III or Alexander the Peacemaker reigned as Emperor of Russia from until his death on .-Disposition:...
	Alexandra Feodorovna born Alix of Hesse and by Rhine	Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse Louis IV , was the fourth Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, reigning from 13 June 1877 until his death... (Hesse-Darmstadt House of Hesse The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry... )	6 June 1872	14/26 November 1894		16 May 1896	15 March 1917 husband's abdication	17 July 1918	Nicholas II Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official short title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until...