Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich

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Konstantin Pavlovich 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 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.

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Battles (4)

• 1805

  Battle of Austerlitz

  War of the Third Coalition · Russian Empire

• 1807

  Battle of Heilsberg

  War of the Fourth Coalition · Russian Empire

• 1812

  Battle of Krasnoi

  French invasion of Russia · Russia

• 1813

  Battle of Bautzen

  War of the Sixth Coalition · Russia