The Romanov dynasty

French artist Jean Henri Benner
court portrait painter, miniaturist at the court of Alexander I, from 1817 to 1828.

Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov (1596-1645) - the first Russian tsar from the Romanov dynasty. The son of boyar Fyodor Nikitich Romanov (later - Patriarch of Moscow Filaret) and boyar Ksenia Ivanovna Romanova. He was the cousin of the last Russian tsar from the Moscow branch of the Rurik dynasty, Fyodor Ioannovich.

Alexei Mikhailovich Quiet (1629-1676) - the second Russian tsar from the Romanov dynasty, the son of Mikhail Fedorovich and his second wife Evdokia.

Fyodor III Alekseevich (1661-1682) - Russian tsar since 1676, from the Romanov dynasty, the son of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and Tsarina Maria Ilyinichna, nee Miloslavskaya, the elder brother of Tsars Ivan V (native) and Peter I (half-blooded).

Sofya Alekseevna (1657-1704) - princess, daughter of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, in 1682-1689 regent under the younger brothers Peter and Ivan. Princess Sofya Alekseevna was born into the family of Aleksey Mikhailovich and his first wife, Maria Ilinichna Miloslavskaya, and was the sixth child and fourth daughter among the sixteen children of Aleksey Mikhailovich.

John (Ivan) V Alekseevich (1666-1696) - Russian tsar in 1682-1696, from the Romanov dynasty. The son of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Quiet and Tsarina Maria Ilinichna, nee Miloslavskaya. Father of Anna Ioannovna, Empress of the Russian Empire.

Peter I the Great (Peter Alekseevich Romanov; 1672-1725) - the last tsar of All Russia and the first Emperor of All Russia (since 1721). From the Romanov dynasty (since 1682).
Peter was proclaimed tsar in 1682 at the age of 10, and began to rule independently in 1689.