Direct male line (male primogeniture) The direct male line of succession (based on descent from Emperor
Nicholas I of Russia) to Prince Alexis Romanov, currently the senior
agnatic heir to the House of Romanov, is: •
Emperor Nicholas I (1796–1855) •
Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (1832–1909) •
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1866–1933) •
Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (1897–1981) •
Prince Andrew Andreevich (1923–2021) •
Prince Alexis Andreevich (b. 1953) •
(1) Prince Peter Andreevich (b. 1961) •
(2) Prince Andrew Andreevich (b. 1963) •
Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia (1902–1978) •
Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich (1938–1999) •
(3) Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich (b. 1985) •
(4) Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich (b. 2013) •
(5) Prince Nikita Rostislavovich (b. 1987) •
Prince Nicholas Rostislavovich (1945–2000) •
(6) Prince Nicholas Christopher Nikolaievich (b. 1968) •
(7) Prince Daniel Joseph Nikolaievich (b. 1972) •
(8) Prince Jackson Daniel Danilovich (b. 2009)
Line of Maria Vladimirovna If one accepts that Vladimir Kirillovich's marriage to
Leonida Bagration of Mukhrani was non-
morganatic and that he was succeeded by his daughter, Maria Vladimirovna, then the line of succession is: •
Emperor Alexander II (1818–1881) •
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847–1909) •
Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1876–1938) •
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917–1992) •
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna (b. 1953) •
(1) Grand Duke George Mikhailovich (b. 1981) •
(2) His Serene Highness Prince Alexander Georgievich (b. 2022)
Note In either case, at the death of the last uncontestable Head of the Imperial House of Romanov in 1992, all the other living male-line descendants and Grand-Dukes were morganatic. == See also ==