Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia

Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
1834 portrait by George Dawe.
Born	(1779-04-27)27 April 1779 Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died	27 June 1831(1831-06-27) (aged 52) Governor’s Palace, Vitebsk, Russia
Spouse	Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (m 1796) Joanna Grudzińska (m 1820)
Issue	3 children with mistresses (Pavel, Konstantin, Konstasia)
House	Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father	Paul I of Russia
Mother	Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg
Burial	Peter and Paul Cathedral

Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (Russian: Константи́н Па́влович; 27 April 1779  – 27 June 1831) was a grand duke of Russia and the second son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. He was the heir-presumptive for most of his elder brother Alexander I's reign, but had secretly renounced his claim to the throne in 1823. For 25 days after the death of Alexander I, from 19 November (O.S.)/1 December 1825 to 14 December (O.S.)/26 December 1825 he was known as His Imperial Majesty Konstantin I Emperor and Sovereign of Russia, although he never reigned and never acceded to the throne. His younger brother Nicholas became tsar in 1825. The succession controversy became the pretext of the Decembrist revolt.

Titles and styles

• 27 April 1779 – October 28, 1799 His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia.
• October 28, 1799 – June 27, 1831 His Imperial Highness The Tsarevich of Russia.
• June 27, 1831 – 27 June 1831 His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia.