Paul I of Russia

Emperor of All Russia

1 OctoberO.S. 20 September 1754 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

24 March 1801(1801-03-24) (46) St Michael's Castle, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

NamesPavel Petrovich Romanov

Tsar of the Russian Empire from 1796 until his assassination in 1801 In this Eastern Slavic naming convention, the patronymic is Petrovich. Emperor of All Russia Paul IPortrait by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1800Emperor of All RussiaReign17 (6) November 1796 – 24 (11) March 1801 Coronation5 (16) April 1797PredecessorCatherine IISuccessorAlexander IBorn1 October  1754 Saint Petersburg, Russian EmpireDied24 March 1801(1801-03-24) (aged 46) St Michael's Castle, Saint Petersburg, Russian EmpireBurialPeter and Paul CathedralSpouse Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt ​ ​(m. 1773; died 1776 )​ Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg ​ ​(m. 1776)​ Issue detail Alexander I of Russia Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich Alexandra Pavlovna, Palatina of Hungary Elena Pavlovna, Hereditary Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Catherine Pavlovna, Queen of Württemberg Grand Duchess Olga Pavlovna Anna Pavlovna, Queen of the Netherlands Nicholas I of Russia Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich HouseHolstein-Gottorp-RomanovFatherPeter III of Russia (officially) Sergei Saltykov (rumoured)MotherCatherine II of RussiaReligionRussian OrthodoxSignature Paul I (Russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич ; Pavel I Petrovich) (1 October  1754 – 23 March  1801) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination. Officially, he was the only son of Peter III and Catherine the Great, although Catherine hinted that he was fathered by her lover Sergei Saltykov. 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. He was de facto Grand Master of the Order of Hospitallers from 1799 to 1801 and ordered the construction of a number of Maltese thrones. Paul's pro-German sentiments and unpredictable behavior made him unpopular among Russian nobility, and he was secretly assassinated by his own officers.