Mikhail Romanov, the first monarch of the dynasty that ruled Russia for more than 300 years, was not your typical tsar. He was delicate, kind and relied much on the support of a national assembly ...

The Romanov family first came to power in 1613 with Mikhail Romanov, the first Romanov czar of Russia, followed by his grandson, Peter the Great, who is credited with expanding the empire.

Under Romanov rule, which began in 1613 with Mikhail Romanov, Russia grew to become the biggest land empire in the world. These czars’ talents and foibles have long fascinated historians, ...

After much noisy and contentious debate, Mikhail Romanov was selected to lead Russia into a new civilized era. He was crowned in the Uspensky Cathedral in the Kremlin on July 11,1613.

On July 22, 1613, Mikhail Romanov begrudgingly took the crown under the vaulted ceiling of Moscow’s Cathedral of the Assumption.The 16-year-old ended Russia’s political instability and ...

Grosvenor is a descendant of Mikhail Romanov—and, incidentally, Alexander Pushkin. King Constantine II of Greece. The last king of the Hellenes; his great-grandmother was a Romanov grand duchess.