Peter III was the grandson of Peter the Great by his wife daughter Anna. Soon after his aunt Elizabeth took the throne he was taken from Germany to be trained as her heir, though it was soon realized that he had many issues. Peter was extremely loyal to Prussia and anything Prussian- he refused to even learn Russian only speaking German, he also loved the military and playing with military dolls. He came to the throne in 1762 and ruled for only 6 months before a coup put his wife Catherine on the throne and resulted in his death at 34 years old. The son of Peter III, Paul I shared the same fate as his father. Paul waited the 34 years of his mother's reign to become Tsar. He like his father was pro-Prussian as well as eccentric, very militaristic, along with a love of military dolls. Paul was extremely unpopular just like his father and 4 years into his reign he too was killed at 46 years old in a coup that placed his eldest son Alexander on the Russian throne. The next unlucky Tsar, was the grandson of Paul, Alexander II. Alexander II was the "Tsar Liberator" who freed the serfs. Many felt that he did not do enough, others that he did too much. There were 7 attempts on Alexander's life, the last one finally killing him after 26 years on the throne at the age of 62. Alexander's grandson Nicholas II was the last official Tsar who too had attempts on his life before he died. Nicholas is the last official Tsar of the Russian Empire, and abdicated in 1917 a year before his death in 1918. Nicholas ruled for 23 years, and died at the age of 50. While unofficial, Tsar Ivan VI who was deposed as an infant ruling for only a year, could also be seen as an assassinated Tsar as he was killed at the age of 23, the brother of Nicholas II, Grand duke Michael and the son of Nicholas II, Tsarevich Alexei can audio be seen as assassinated Tsars as they both can be seen as the successor of Nicholas II they died at ages 39 and 13 respectively.
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