Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (Person)
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
1779 AD - 1831 AD
- Emperor of All Russia 1825
- known as His Imperial Majesty Konstantin I Emperor and Sovereign of Russia Dec 1825
- secretly renounced his claim to the throne 1823
- succession controversy was pretext of the Decembrist revolt
- House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Konstantin was known to eschew court etiquette and to take frequent stands against the wishes of his brother Alexander I, for which he is remembered fondly in Russia, but in his capacity as the governor of Poland he is remembered as a hated ruler.
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02/26/1796 AD
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