Who Would Be Tsar of Russia Today? | Romanov Family Tree

Russian Tsars Family Tree | Ivan the Terrible to Nicholas II:

CREDITS:
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Chart & Narration: Matt Baker

Animation: Syawish Rehman

Audio Editing: Jack Rackam

Intro music: "Lord of the Land" by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0.

[shambhavic.smedberg]

I was born in Finland. My grandfather, born in 1895 (Finland was back then a Grandutchy of Russia), lived and served in the army quite near the Russian border, and for reasons I have never known, got some of the furniture of the Romanovs, including a piano, which my family then gave to a local museum.
I remember for instance the chairs, all of them carrying the Romanov seal underneath. They have always fascinated me very much, and God knows where these items have ended up after my grandparents died.
Major world history mixed up with little personal stories.

[mandalor]

I really want a tiny artificial island in the Mediterranean with some old guy on it yelling "I AM THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA"

[kitcutting]

What I find crazy is that there have been multiple impostors pretending to be Princess Anastasia, which were apparently so notable that they made an animated movie about the whole thing. Fun fact: Anastasia's name comes from the Greek word for "resurrection, " which sort of makes the idea of her having impostors somewhat more justified.

[dougjohnson]

I have had the privilege of seeing/visiting the palace where Grand Duchess Olga lived in St. Petersburg after she married Peter of Oldenberg, and the house where shed died in utter poverty in Toronto, very near to where I live. She bore her greatly reduced circumstances with grace and dignity.

[janmelantu]

“And she is recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church” that’s literally the only thing that matters

[zozzy]

"Most of the photos of the Russian imperial family you've seen were taken by my is the best flex I've heard in a while

[LadyAmdis]

My grandpa submitted DNA for a Y-Chromosome Genealogy testing project. They were able to up his genetic marker count recently and were running both it and several other samples. My grandpa shares a distant male ancestor with the Romanov family. DNA testing is pretty cool like that.

[aftersexhighfives]

I really love the details you add and how well you describe something that is rather complex; genealogy is difficult. I also really loved your little personal tidbit information that's very neat.

[SkepticalChris]

Royal families have demonstrated an ability to adapt when they are close to running out of royal heirs. When the rules don't work anymore, they simply change the rules.

[petersmythe]

"this is not an easy question"

Bolsheviks: *THAT'S THE POINT*

[LJB]

You seem to be confusing nobles (Maria's mother was Princess Bagration) and royals. A non-morganatic marriage in this case would mean it was between two royals, not nobles. Nobles were considered commoners by royalty. Both Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, were commoners even though both were daughters of earls. Emperor Alexander II's 2nd marriage was morganatic even though his wife was a princess: she was from a noble family, not royal family.
I never understood why if Paul I changed the rules of succession, a later Emperor couldn't change it back.
Grand Duke Kirill's wife was not German. She was the ex-wife of Ernest of Hesse and by Rhine, but was the daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (2nd son of Queen Victoria) and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia (daughter of Alexander II and sister of Kirill's father).

[fallendown]

The question itself is really easy to answer, it is Andrew though it gets much much harder when you start thinking about who would be after Andrew and this video is basically all about that. Well made!

[patavinity]

Not sure how you came to the decision that 'Kirill' was pronounced 'Kayrill'.

[James-zgnl]

I too have my own indirect link to the Tsar & his family. A great-aunt of mine (who was the same age as Anastasia), was from the gardener family for the family. I grew up hearing first-hand stories of what the girls were like, particularly Anastasia, whom my great-aunt played with as kids. My great-aunt use to light up when she talked about her time growing up with the Romanovs. Never once said a single thing to disparage them as people, even Nicholas, she always spoke well of him as a great family man.

[Flamsterette]

Thanks for the upload! That's a very interesting question!

[sergio_os]

Idk if you already have a video of the House of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, but I really want one. In some point of the history they were in almost every great marriage of their time.
England, Russia, Brazil, etc
It's quite interesting

[emackb]

This channel helped me to decide on studying History in Uni. I was like "If I am sitting here watching long history videos for fun, then why not get a degree in History?" so thanks! lol.

[unitedblueberryempire]

Last time I was this early, Nicholas ii was getting tattoos in Japan

[antonfarquar]

I purchased two of your charts (both excellent) ERFT - NE & ERFT - W. It would be informative to have a chart showing who the present day heirs are for the Houses of Hohenzollern (Germany/Prussia, Romania), House of Hapsburg (Austria Hungary) and for the House of Bourbon (France) .

[sexyeyes]

Wow that's really interesting - thanks for the video!