House of Romanov (1881–1894), and Nicholas II (1894–1917). Constantine Pavlovich and Michael Alexandrovich, both morganatically married, are occasionally counted among Russia's emperors by historians who observe that the Russian monarchy did not legally permit interregnums. But neither was crowned and both actively declined the throne. The February Revolution of 1917 resulted in the abdication of Nicholas II in favor of his brother Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich. The latter declined to accept imperial authority save to delegate it to the Provisional Government pending a future democratic referendum, effectively terminating the Romanov dynasty's rule over Russia. After the February Revolution, Nicholas II and his family
Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy full day after the monarchy, 22 September 1792, the first day of Year One. Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy During the French Revolution, the proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy (French: "Proclamation de l'abolition de la royauté") was a proclamation by the National Convention of France announcing that it had abolished the French monarchy on 21 September 1792. The Convention's députés were instructed to put an end to the crisis that had broken out since the prevented flight to Varennes of Louis XVI (June 1791) and the bloody capture of the Tuileries (10 August 1792). Their middle-class