Paul I of Russia
Emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paul I (Russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич, romanized: Pavel I Petrovich; 1 October [O.S. 20 September] 1754 – 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1801) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his 1801 assassination. Paul remained overshadowed by his mother for most of his life. He adopted the laws of succession to the Russian throne—rules that lasted until the end of the Romanov dynasty and of the Russian Empire. He also intervened in the French Revolutionary Wars and toward the end of his reign, added Kartli and Kakheti in Eastern Georgia into the empire, which was confirmed by his son and successor Alexander I.
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 Portrait by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1800 | |||||
| Emperor of Russia | |||||
| Reign | 17 (6) November 1796 – 23 (11) March 1801 | ||||
| Coronation | 5 (16) April 1797 | ||||
| Predecessor | Catherine II | ||||
| Successor | Alexander I | ||||
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| Reign | 9 July 1763 – 23 (11) March 1801 | ||||
| Born | 1 October [O.S. 20 September] 1754 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | ||||
| Died | 24 March 1801(1801-03-24) (aged 46) St Michael's Castle, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | ||||
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| House | Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp | ||||
| Father | Peter III of Russia[lower-alpha 1] | ||||
| Mother | Catherine II of Russia | ||||
| Religion | Russian Orthodox | ||||
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He was de facto Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1799 to 1801 and ordered the construction of a number of priories of the Order of Malta.[1] Paul's pro-German sentiments and unpredictable behavior made him unpopular among the Russian nobility, and he was secretly assassinated by his own officers.