Finland: Grand Princes: 1809-1917Ruling House: Romanov |
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| Storfurste till Finland | Grand Prince of Finland [1] | |
| 25 Dec 1808/6 Jan 1809 - 19 Nov/1 Dec 1825 | Alexander I : Aleksandr I (Александр I), Aleksandr Pavlovič (Александр Павлович) |
| 19 Nov/1 Dec 1825 - 14/26 Dec 1825 | interregum [2] |
| 14/26 Dec 1825 - 18 Feb/2 Mar 1855 | Nikolaj I : Nikolaj I (Николай I), Nikolaj Pavlovič (Николай Павлович) |
| 18 Feb/2 Mar 1855 - 1/13 Mar 1881 | Alexander II : Aleksandr II (Александр II), Aleksandr Nikolaevič (Александр Николаевич) |
| 1/13 Mar 1855 - 20 Oct/1 Nov 1894 | Alexander III : Aleksandr III (Александр III), Aleksandr Aleksandrovič (Александр Александрович) |
| 20 Oct/1 Nov 1894 - 2/15 Mar 1917 | Nikolaj II : Nikolaj II (Николай II), Nikolaj Aleksandrovič (Николай Александрович) |
| 2/15 Mar 1917 - 27 Oct/9 Nov 1917 | interregnum [3] |
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| [1] | Used only as a part of the full and/or short title of the Emperor of Russia; equivalents in other languages used for official purposes: Velikij Knjaz' Finljandskij (Великий Князь Финляндский) in Russian, Suomen suuriruhtinas in Finnish. |
| [2] | Aleksandr I died at Taganrog in southwestern Russia on 19 Nov/1 Dec 1825, but the news of his passing did not reach Saint Petersburg until 27 Nov/9 Dec 1825. On this day cesarevič Konstantin Pavlovič (цесаревич Константин Павлович) was acclaimed in absentia as the Emperor Konstantin I at the meetings of the Council of State (Gosudarstvennyj Sovet | Государственный Совет) and the Governing Senate (Pravitelʹstvujuščij Senat | Правительствующий Сенат). Residing in Warsaw, Konstantin, who had privately relinquished his rights to the throne in 1822, ignored the acclamation and reiterated his decison, refusing to accept the throne. The right of succession passed to cesarevič Nikolaj Pavlovič (цесаревич Николай Павлович) who hesitated to assume the imperial dignity. After a protracted exchange of letters with Konstantin, Nikolaj consented to succeed and read out his accession manifesto (dated 12/24 Dec 1825) at the meeting of the Council of State in the early hours of 14/26 Dec 1825. |
| [3] | Grand-princely authority is exercised by the Provisional Government of Russia (Russian: Vremennoe pravitel'stvo (Временное правительство), Swedish: Provisorisk regering; Finnish: Väliaikaishallitus); on 27 Oct/9 Nov 1917 the Eduskunta (Diet) began to exercise sovereign authority de facto by passing a resolution on appointment of a Council of Regency, which was not implemented; on 2/15 Nov 1917 the Eduskunta assumed sovereign authority de iure. |
Last update: 03 Aug 2024