List of Russian monarchs

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This is a list of the kings, queens, and other rulers ("monarchs") of Russia, from 862 to 917.

The list starts with Rurik, the ruler (Prince) of a state called Novgorod in 862. It ends with Nicholas the Second, who stopped ruling in 1917. Nicholas the Second and his family were killed in 1918.

Princes of Novgorod

MonarchPortraitBorn-DiedRelationship with Predecessor(s)Ruled fromRuled until
Rurik 830-879none862879
Oleg of Novgorod (regent) 855-912Relative of Rurik and regent of Rurik's son, Prince Igor of Kiev879882

Grand Princes of Kiev

MonarchPortraitBorn-DiedRelationship with Predecessor(s)Ruled fromRuled until
Askold and Dir (non-Rurikids) ?-882none842[1][2] or 862882
Oleg of Novgorod (regent) 855-912Relative of Rurik and regent of Rurik's son, Prince Igor of Kiev882Autumn 912
Igor I878-945Son of Rurik879 (in Novgorod, as an heir of Rurik); 913[3]Autumn 945
Saint Olga of Kiev (regent) 890-969Igor I's wife and regent of Sviatoslav I of Kiev945962
Sviatoslav I the Great 942–972Son of Igor I and Olga of KievAutumn 945March 972
Yaropolk I 950-980Son of Sviatoslav IMarch 97211 June 980
Saint Vladimir I the Great 958–1015Younger son of Sviatoslav I, brother of Yaropolk I11 June 98015 July 1015
Sviatopolk I the Accursed 980–1019Son of Vladimir I15 July 1015Autumn 1016
Yaroslav I the Wise 978–1054Younger son of Vladimir I, brother of Sviatopolk IAutumn 1016Summer 1018
Sviatopolk I the Accursed 980–1019Son of Vladimir I14 August 101827 July 1019
Yaroslav I the Wise 978–1054Younger son of Vladimir I, Younger brother of Sviatopolk I27 July 101920 February 1054
Iziaslav I 1024–1078First son of Yaroslav I20 February 105415 September 1068
Vseslav of Polotsk 1039–1101Great-Grandson of Vladimir I. Usurped the Kievan Throne15 September 106829 April 1069
Iziaslav I 1024–1078First son of Yaroslav I2 May 106922 March 1073
Sviatoslav II 1027–1076Third son of Yaroslav I22 March 107327 December 1076
Vsevolod I 1030–1093Fourth son of Yaroslav I1 January 107715 July 1077
Iziaslav I 1024–1078First son of Yaroslav I15 July 10773 October 1078
Vsevolod I 1030–1093Fourth son of Yaroslav I3 October 107813 April 1093
Sviatopolk II 1050–1113Son of Iziaslav I24 April 109316 April 1113
Vladimir II Monomakh 1053–1125Son of Vsevolod I20 April 111319 May 1125
Mstislav the Great 1076–1132Son of Vladimir II20 May 112515 April 1132
Yaropolk II 1082–1139Son of Vladimir II, Younger brother of Mstislav17 April 113218 February 1139
Viacheslav I 1083-2 February 1154Son of Vladimir II22 February 11394 March 1139
Vsevolod II 1084-1146Grandson of Sviatoslav II5 March 113930 July 1146
Igor II 1096-19 September 1146Grandson of Sviatoslav II1 August 114613 August 1146
Iziaslav II Panteleimon 1097–1154Older son of Mstislav13 August 114623 August 1149
Yuri I the Long Arms 1099–1157Younger brother of Mstislav28 August 1149Summer 1150
Viacheslav I 1083-2 February 1154Son of Vladimir IISummer 1150Summer 1150
Iziaslav II Panteleimon 1097–1154Older son of MstislavSummer 1150Summer 1150
Yuri I the Long Arms 1099–1157Younger brother of MstislavAugust 1150Winter 1151
Iziaslav II Panteleimon 1097–1154Older son of MstislavWinter 115113 November 1154
Viacheslav I 1083-2 February 1154Son of Vladimir IISpring 11516 February 1154
Rostislav I 1110–1165Second son of Mstislav1154January 1155
Iziaslav III ?-1162Grandson of Sviatoslav IIJanuary 11551155
Yuri I the Long Arms 1099–1157Younger brother of Mstislav20 March 115515 May 1157
Iziaslav III ?-1162Grandson of Sviatoslav II19 May 1157December 1158
Mstislav II 1125–1170Son of Iziaslav III22 December 1158Spring 1159
Rostislav I 1110–1167Second son of Mstislav12 April 11598 February 1161
Iziaslav III ?-1162Grandson of Sviatoslav II12 February 11616 March 1161
Rostislav I 1110–1167Second son of MstislavMarch 116114 March 1167
Vladimir III1132–1173Younger son of MstislavSpring 1167Spring 1167
Mstislav II 1125–1170Son of Iziaslav III19 May 116712 March 1169

Grand Princes of Vladimir

MonarchPortraitBorn-DiedRelationship with Predecessor(s)Ruled fromRuled until
Saint Andrei I Bogolyubsky 1110–1174Son of Yuri I15 May 115729 June 1174
Mikhail I ?-1176Brother of Andrei I1174September 1174
Yaropolk?-after 1196Grandson of Vladimir II117415 June 1175
Mikhail I ?-1176Brother of Andrei I15 June 117520 June 1176
Vsevolod III the Big Nest 1154–1212Brother of Andrei I and Mikhail IJune 117615 April 1212
Yuri II 1189–1238Son of Vsevolod III121227 April 1216
Konstantin of Rostov 1186–1218Son of Vsevolod IIISpring 12162 February 1218
Yuri II 1189–1238Son of Vsevolod IIIFebruary 12184 March 1238
Yaroslav II 1191–1238Son of Vsevolod III123830 September 1246
Sviatoslav III1196–3 February 1252Son of Vsevolod III12461248
Mikhail Khorobrit1229–15 January 1248Son of Yaroslav II124815 January 1248
Sviatoslav III1196– 3 February 1252Son of Vsevolod III12481249
Andrey II 1221–1264Son of Yaroslav IIDecember 124924 July 1252
Saint Alexander I Nevsky 1220–1263Son of Yaroslav II125214 November 1263
Yaroslav III 1230–1272Son of Yaroslav II12641271
Vasily of Kostroma 1241–1276Son of Yaroslav II1272January 1277
Dmitry of Pereslavl 1250–1294Son of St. Alexander12771281
Andrey III 1255–1304Son of St. Alexander1281December 1283
Dmitry of Pereslavl 1250–1294Son of St. AlexanderDecember 12831293
Andrey III 1255–1304Son of St. Alexander12931304
Saint Michael of Tver 1271–1318Son of Yaroslav IIIAutumn 130422 November 1318
Yuri (III) of Moscow 1281–1325Grandson of St. Alexander13182 November 1322
Dmitry I the Terrible Eyes 1299–1326Son of St. Michael132215 September 1326
Alexander of Tver 1281–1339Son of St. Michael13261327
Alexander of Suzdal?–1331Grandson of Andrey II13281331
Ivan I of Moscow Kalita 1288–1340Grandson of St. Alexander133231 March 1340

Since 1331 the title of the Grand Princes of Vladimir was assigned to the Princes of Moscow.

Grand Princes of Moscow

MonarchPortraitRelationship with Predecessor(s)BirthMarriageRuled fromRuled untilDeath
Daniel Son of St. Alexander1261unknown12834 March 13034 March 1303, Moscow, Russia
Yury Son of Daniel1281unknown4 March 130321 November 132521 November 1325, Moscow, Russia
Ivan I Kalita Son of Daniel1288Helena
9 children
21 November 132531 March 134031 March 1340, Moscow, Russia
Simeon the Proud Son of Ivan I7 November 1316Anastasia of Lithuania
no children

Euphraxia of Smolensk
no children

Maria of Tver
4 sons (died young)
31 March 134027 April 135327 April 1353, Moscow, Russia
Ivan II the Handsome Son of Ivan I30 March 1326Fedosia Dmitrievna of Bryansk
no children

Alexandra Ivanovna Velyaminova
4 children
27 April 135313 November 135913 November 1359, Moscow, Russia
Saint Dmitry I Donskoy Son of Ivan II12 October 1350Eudoxia Dmitrievna of Nizhny Novgorod
12 children
13 November 135919 May 138919 May 1389, Moscow, Russia
Vasily I Son of Dmitry I30 December 1371Sophia of Lithuania
9 children
19 May 138927 February 142527 February 1425, Moscow, Russia
Vasily II the Blind Son of Vasily I10 March 1415Maria Yaroslavna of Borovsk
3 children
27 February 142530 March 143427 March 1462, Moscow, Russia
Yury of Zvenigorodno imageSon of Dmitry I26 November 1374Anastasia Yurynovna
3 children
31 March 14345 June 14345 June 1434, Moscow, Russia
Vasily Kosoyno imageSon of Yury of Zvenigorod14215 June 143414351435, Moscow, Russia
Vasily II the Blind Son of Vasily I10 March 1415Maria Yaroslavna of Borovsk
3 children
1435144627 March 1462, Moscow, Russia
Dmitry Shemyakano imageSon of Yury of Zvenigorod144626 March 14471453, Moscow, Russia
Vasily II the Blind Son of Vasily I10 March 1415Maria Yaroslavna of Borovsk
3 children
27 February 144727 March 146227 March 1462, Moscow, Russia
Ivan III the Great Son of Vasily II22 January 1440Maria Borisovna of Tver
one son

Sophia Palaiologina
8 children
5 April 14626 November 15056 November 1505, Moscow, Russia
Vasily III Son of Ivan III25 March 1479Solomonia Yuryevna Saburova
no children

Elana Vasilyevna Glinskaya
2 sons
6 November 150513 December 153313 December 1533, Moscow, Russia
Ivan IV the Terrible Son of Vasily III25 August 1530unmarried as Prince13 December 153326 January 154728 March 1584

Tsars of Russia

Dates are listed in the Old Style, which continued to be used in Russia.

House of Rurikovich

MonarchPortraitRelationship with Predecessor(s)BirthMarriageRuled fromRuled untilDeath
Ivan IV the Terrible Son of Vasily III25 August 1530, Kolomenskoye, RussiaAnastasia Romanovna Zakharyina-Yurieva
6 children

Maria Temryukovna
one son (died young)

Marfa Vasilevna Sobakina

Anna Alexeievna Koltovskaya

Anna Vasilchikova

Vasilisa Melentyeva

Maria Dolgorukaya

Maria Feodorovna Nagaya
26 January 154728 March 158428 March 1584, Moscow, Russia
Simeon IIno imageNoneAnastasia Mstislavskaya
(great great granddaughter of Ivan III)
157515765 January 1616, Moscow, Russia
Feodor I Son of Ivan IV31 May 1557, Moscow, RussiaIrina Feodorovna Godunova
one daughter
28 March 158417 January 159817 January 1598, Moscow, Russia

Time of Troubles

House of Godunov

MonarchPortraitRelationship with Predecessor(s)BirthMarriageRuled fromRuled untilDeath
Irina (disputed) Wife of Feodor Ic.1557Feodor I of Russia
a daughter
7 January 159815 January 159829 October 1603, Moscow, Russia
Boris I Brother of Irinac.1551, Vyazma, RussiaMaria Grigorievna Skuratova-Belskaya
2 children
21 February 159813 April 160513 April 1605, Moscow, Russia
Feodor II Son of Boris I1589, Moscow, Russiaunmarried, no children13 April 16051 June 16051 June 1605, Moscow, Russia

Pseudo-Rurikovich usurpers

MonarchPortraitRelationship with Predecessor(s)BirthMarriageRuled fromRuled untilDeath
False Dmitry I
(Grigory Bogdanovich Otrepyev)
Nonec. 1581Marina Mniszech
no children
1 June 160517 May 160617 May 1606, Moscow, Russia
False Dmitry II Nonec. 1582Marina Mniszech
one son (posthumous)
10 July 160711 December 161011 December 1610, Kaluga, Russia
False Dmitry III (Sidorka)no imageNoneunknownunknown28 March 161118 May 1612July 1612

House of Shuysky

MonarchPortraitRelationship with Predecessor(s)BirthMarriageRuled fromRuled untilDeath
Vasiliy IV Ninth generation descendant of Andrei II in the male line22 September 1552, Nizhny Novgorod, RussiaElena Mikhailovna Repnina
no children

Maria Buynosova-Rostovskaya
2 children
19 May 160617 July 1610 (deposed)12 September 1612, Gostynin, Poland

House of Vasa

MonarchPortraitRelationship with Predecessor(s)BirthMarriageRuled fromRuled untilDeath
Vladislav I None9 June 1595, Łobzów, PolandCecilia Renata of Austria
a daughter and a son, Sigismund Casimir

Marie Louise Gonzaga
no children
6 September 1610November 1612 (deposed)
14 June 1634 (resigned his claim)
20 May 1648, Merkinė, Lithuania

House of Romanov

MonarchPortraitRelationship with Predecessor(s)BirthMarriageRuled fromRuled untilDeath
Michael I First cousin once removed of Feodor I12 July 1596
Moscow, Tsardom of Muscovy
Maria Vladimirovna Dolgorukova
1624
one stillborn child

Eudoxia Lukyanovna Streshneva
5 February 1626
ten children
26 July 161312 July 164512 July 1645, Moscow, Tsardom of Muscovy
Alexis I the Quietest Son of Michael I9 May 1629
Moscow, Tsardom of Muscovy
Maria Ilyinichna Miloslavskaya
17 January 1648
13 children

Natalia Kirillovna Naryshkina
1 February 1671
3 children
12 July 164529 January 167629 January 1676, Moscow, Tsardom of Muscovy
Feodor III Son of Alexis I9 June 1661
Moscow, Tsardom of Muscovy
Agaphia Simeonovna Grushevskaya
28 July 1680
one son

Marfa Matveievna Apraksina
24 February 1682
no children
29 January 16767 May 16827 May 1682, Moscow, Tsardom of Muscovy
Sophia (regent) Daughter of Alexis I17 September 1657
Moscow, Tsardom of Muscovy
unmarried, no children17 May 168227 August 16893 July 1704, Moscow, Tsardom of Muscovy
Ivan V
jointly with Peter I
Son of Alexis I6 September 1666
Moscow, Tsardom of Muscovy
Praskovia Feodorovna Saltykova
1684
5 daughters
2 June 16828 February 16968 February 1696, Moscow, Tsardom of Muscovy
Peter I the Great
jointly with Ivan V 1682–1696
Son of Alexis I9 June 1672
Moscow, Tsardom of Muscovy
Eudoxia Feodorovna Lopukhina
1689
3 children

Marta Helena Skowrońska
1707
9 children
2 June 16822 November 17218 February 1725, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire

Emperors of Russia

MonarchPortraitRelationship with Predecessor(s)BirthMarriageRuled fromRuled untilDeath
Peter I the Great Son of Alexis I9 June 1672
Moscow, Tsardom of Russia
Eudoxia Feodorovna Lopukhina
1689
3 children

Marta Helena Skowrońska
1707
9 children
2 November 17218 February 17258 February 1725, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Catherine I Wife of Peter I15 April 1684
Ringen (Rõngu), Duchy of Livonia, Sweden
Peter I of Russia
1707
9 children
8 February 172517 May 172717 May 1727,
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Peter II Grandson of Peter I23 October 1715
St. Petersburg, Tsardom of Russia
unmarried18 May 172730 January 173030 January 1730, Moscow, Russian Empire
Anna Daughter of Ivan V7 February 1693
Moscow, Tsardom of Russia
Frederick Wilhelm, Duke of Courland
November 1710
no children
13 February 173028 October 174028 October 1740, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Ivan VI Great-grandson of Ivan V23 August 1740
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
unmarried28 October 17406 December 174116 July 1764 (murdered)
Shlisselburg, Russian Empire
Elizabeth Daughter of Peter I29 December 1709
Kolomenskoye, Tsardom of Russia
Alexey Razumovsky
1742
no children
6 December 17415 January 17625 January 1762,
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Peter III Grandson of Peter I21 February 1728
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst
16 August 1745
one son
9 January 17629 July 176217 July 1762 (murdered), Ropsha, Russian Empire
Catherine II the Great Wife of Peter III2 May 1729
Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia
Peter III of Russia
16 August 1745
one son
9 July 176217 November 179617 November 1796, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Paul I Son of Peter III1 October 1754
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Princess Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
29 September 1773
one stillborn son

Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
26 September 1776
ten children
17 November 179623 March 180123 March 1801
(assassinated)
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Alexander I the Blessed Son of Paul I23 December 1777
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Princess Louise of Baden
28 September 1793
2 daughters
23 March 18011 December 18251 December 1825, Taganrog, Russian Empire
Constantine I (disputed) Son of Paul I27 April 1779
Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
26 February
no children
1 December 182526 December 182527 June 1831
Vitebsk, Russian Empire
Nicholas I Son of Paul I6 July 1796
Gatchina, Russian Empire
Princess Charlotte of Prussia
13 July 1817
7 children
1 December 18252 March 18552 March 1855,
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Alexander II the Liberator Son of Nicholas I29 April 1818
Moscow, Russian Empire
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine
16 April 1841
8 children
2 March 185513 March 188113 March 1881
(assassinated)
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Alexander III the Peace-Maker Son of Alexander II10 March 1845
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Princess Dagmar of Denmark
9 November 1866
6 children
13 March 18811 November 18941 November 1894
Livadiya, Russian Empire
Saint Nicholas II Son of Alexander III6 May 1868
Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire
Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine
26 November 1894
5 children
1 November 189415 March 191717 July 1918 (executed)
Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR
Michael II (disputed) Son of Alexander III22 November 1878
Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire
Natalia Brassova
15 October 1911
one son (born before his parents' marriage)
15 March 191716 March 1917 (formally, 1 September 1917, the formal abolishment of monarchy)12 June 1918 (murdered)
Perm, Russian SFSR

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