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Sep 20, 1754 Saint Petersburg Died on 12 Mar 1801 (aged 46)
emperor of Russia
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About Paul I Of Russia
- Paul I (Russian: ??´??? I ?????´???; Pavel Petrovich) (1 October [O.S.
- 20 September] 1754 – 23 March [O.S.
- 11 March] 1801) reigned as Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801.
- 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.
- His reign lasted four years and ended with his assassination by conspirators.
- 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.
