Tsarevna (, ) was a title given to the daughters of
tsar
Tsar (; also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar''; ; ; sr-Cyrl-Latn, цар, car) is a title historically used by Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word '' caesar'', which was intended to mean ''emperor'' in the Euro ...
s in Russia before the 18th century.
The male equivalent was ''
tsarevich
Tsarevich (, ) was a title given to the sons of tsars. The female equivalent was ''tsarevna''.
Under the 1797 Pauline Laws, Pauline house laws, the title was discontinued and replaced with ''tsesarevich'' for the heir apparent alone. His younger ...
''.
All of them died unmarried with the exception of the daughters of
Ivan V. Notably, his daughter
Catherine married
Karl Leopold of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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.
Both ''tsarevna'' and ''tsarevich'' were replaced with ''
grand duchess'' and ''
grand duke
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* in ...
'' (with ''
tsesarevich
Tsesarevich (, ) was the title of the heir apparent or heir presumptive, presumptive in the Russian Empire. It either preceded or replaced the Eastern Slavic naming customs, given name and patronymic.
Usage
It is often confused with the much ...
'' given to the
heir apparent
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).
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Russian royalty
Titles
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