Peter I The Great: The Russian Monarchy

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, even today, monarchies existed. Kings, queens, emperors, empresses, princes, princesses and many more all existed. Now, even though most no longer exist, they’re still a huge part of our history, and have huge effects on it. Famous monarchies, a history that leads a long, and interesting path through time.

The Russian Monarchy.

Peter I The Great (1672-1725), He was Russia’s first and one of the most celebrated emperors of the Romanov dynasty. He modernized all sides of Russia with his reform. He was the emperor during the Great Northern War of (1700-1721), which ended with Russia’s victory. After the war he was proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias. Peter The Great died on January 28, 1725, he didn’t name

Following the death of his father, Aethelwulf (795-858), he married his widowed stepmother, Judith, but under the pressure of the church the marriage was annulled, which is to declare (a marriage) to have had no legal existence, after only a year. He is buried at Sherborne Abbey in Dorset. Athelstan was the son of Edward the Elder, who was the nephew of Aethelbald. He extended the boundaries of the kingdom at the Battle of Brunanburh in 937, which is said to be one of the bloodiest battles ever fought on British soil. Athelstan claimed the title of King of all Britain, after he defeated a army of Scots, Celts, Danes, and Vikings. The first time individual Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were brought together to create a single and unified England during the

Legend has it that his coronation had been delayed to let Bishop Dunstan (909-988) to get Eadwig out of bed, and more importantly out of the arms of his ‘strumpet’ and the strumpet’s mother. Dunstan was much more strict with the coronation of Eadwig’s brother, Edgar. Edward was the eldest son of Edgar. He was crowned at the age of 12, and although he was supported by Dunstan, his claim to the throne was opposed by the supporters of Aethelred, his younger half-brother. A civil war almost broke out in England between the supporters of the two sides. Edward’s reign only lasted two and a half years, and it ended when he was murdered at Corfe Castle by the supporters of Aethelred. The title ‘martyr’ was a consequence of hi being seen as a victim of his stepmother’s ambitions for her own son Aethelred. Aethelred earned the nickname, ‘unready’ or ‘badly advised’, as he was unable to keep organise resistance against the Danes. He became king at only 10. He fled to Normandy in 1013, when Sweyn Forkbeard (960-1014), King of the Danes invaded England. Sweyn was pronounced king on Christmas Day 1013, he died 5 weeks later. Aethelred returned a year after Sweyn’s death, the rest of his reign was a state of constant war with Sweyn’s son,