Paul I

Paul I (1734-1801) was Czar of Russia, son of the Empress Catharine II, and her successor in 1796. He was a despotic and arbitrary ruler. He fought with the allies against France, but entered into an alliance with Napoleon in 1799. He was murdered by certain of his nobles as he was being forced to abdicate.

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