1645-1676.—Alexis, styled the father of his country; son of Michael Feodorovitch.
1676-1682.—Feodor, or Theodor, II.; eldest son of Emperor Alexis.
1682-1689.—Ivan V.; Peter I., Ivan was the half-brother of Peter the Great, in whose favor he resigned.
1689-1725.—Peter I., the Great, alone; took the title of emperor October, 1721; founded St. Petersburg; son of Alexis.
1725-1727.—Catherine I., his widow, at first the wife of a Swedish dragoon, said to have been killed on the day of marriage; was married to Peter the Great in 1707.
1727-1730.—Peter II., son of Alexis Petrovitz, and grandson of Peter the Great; deposed.
HOUSE OF ROMANOFF—FEMALE LINE
The reign of the next three sovereigns of Russia, Anne, Ivan VI., and Elizabeth, of the female line of Romanoff, formed a transition period, which came to an end with the accession of Peter III., of the house of Holstein-Gottorp.
1730-1740.—Anne, duchess of Courland, daughter of the czar Ivan.
1740-1741.—Ivan VI., an infant, grand-nephew to Peter the Great; immured in a dungeon for eighteen years; murdered in 1764.