Portrait of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich in the uniform of the Life Guards of the Izmailovsky Regiment

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Konstantin Pavlovich (May 8, 1779, Tsarskoye Selo − June 14, 1831, Vitebsk) − Grand Duke, second son of Emperor Paul I and Maria Fedorovna. For 16 days, from November 27 / December 9 to December 13/35, 1825, official institutions in St. Petersburg and Moscow recognized him as an emperor and autocrat of the All -Russian Konstantin I, although he never reigned and did not recognize his accession to the throne.

The 400th anniversary of the Romanov house. SPb, 2013. With. 111.

Konstantin Pavlovich (1779–1831) – second son of Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Fedorovna and, accordingly, the second grandson of Empress Catherine II. Participant in Italian and Swiss campaigns a. AT. Suvorov. In connection with the marriage of a person of non -imperial blood, he refused to inherit the Russian throne. After the death of Alexander I confirmed his renunciation. Participated in anti -Napoleon campaigns. Since 1814 – Commander -in -Chief of the Polish Army and the actual governor of Poland. During the Polish uprising of 1830–1831 he left Poland. On the way to Bialystok fell ill with cholera and died.

Depicted with the tape of the Order of St. Andrew the First -Called, the sign of the commander of the Order of John of Jerusalem (Maltese Order) and the sign of the Order of St. Anna on the ribbon on the neck.