House of Romanov
Also known as Romanov, Romanoff, House of Romanoff, Romanovs
imperial dynasty of Russia from 1613 to 1762
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The House of Romanov was the imperial dynasty that ruled Russia from 1613 to 1762, establishing one of Europe's major royal families during this period. It matters because the Romanovs' rule shaped Russian history and politics during a crucial era of European development.
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- Official website
- www.imperialhouse.ru
- Image
- Coat of arms of the House Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov.svg
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- Commons category
- House of Romanov
- inception
- 1613-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1762-00-00
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The House of Romanov (also transliterated as Romanoff. Russian: Романовы, romanized: Romanovy, IPA: [rɐˈmanəvɨ]) is a royal house which was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 until its deposition in 1917. They achieved prominence after Anastasia Romanovna married Ivan the Terrible, the first crowned tsar of all Russia. Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, and his immediate family were executed in 1918, but there are still living descendants of other members of the imperial house.
The house consisted of boyars in Russia (the highest rank in the Russian nobility at the time) under the reigning Rurik dynasty, which became extinct upon the death of Feodor I in 1598. The Time of Troubles, caused by the resulting succession crisis, saw several pretenders and impostors lay claim to the Russian throne during the Polish–Lithuanian occupation. On 21 February 1613, the Zemsky Sobor elected Michael Romanov as tsar, establishing the Romanovs as Russia's second reigning dynasty.