The Death of a Tsar

tsar alexander the first succumbed on november nineteenth, 18 25. He was not yet 50 years old and had been csar for 24 years. The sudden death of the relatively young czar gave birth to a persistent legend that he actually faked his own death. But even crazier is what happened next. By the law of succession, alexander's brother, constantine, was next in line. Constantine, at that moment, was in warsaw, serving as viceroy of the kingdom of poland. unbenounced to practically everyone, constantine had already renounced his right to succeed the throne. So this created two weeks of confusion as constantine ad