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This is a list of the individuals who were, at any given time, considered the next in line to inherit the throne of Russia or Grand Prince of Moscow. Those who actually succeeded (at any future time) are shown in bold. Stillborn children and infants surviving less than a month are not included.

1281 to 1552

Heir	Status	Relationship to Monarch	Became heir	Reason	Ceased to be heir	Reason	Next in succession	Monarch
Yury of Moscow	Heir presumtive	Son	1281	Oldest son	1303	became Grand prince	Ivan I of Moscow	Daniel of Moscow
Ivan I of Moscow	Heir presumptive	son	1303	Oldest son	1325	became Grand prince	Simeon	Yury of Moscow
Simeon	Heir presumptive	son	1325	Oldest son	1340	became Grand prince	Ivan II	Ivan I of Moscow
Ivan II of Moscow	Heir presumptive	brother	1340	Oldest brother	1348	birth of Simeon son	unknown Simeon son	Simeon	Dmitri Donskoi	Heir presumptive	son	1353	father became Grand prince	1359	became Grand prince	Ivan Ivanovich	Ivan II of Moscow
Ivan Ivanovich	Heir presumptive	brother	1359	brother became Grand prince	1364	died	Daniil Dmitrievich	[Dmitri Donskoi]]
Daniil Dmitrievich	Heir presumptive	oldest son	1370	son	1379	died	Vasily I of Moscow	Dmitri Donskoi
Vasily I of Moscow	Heir presumptive	son	1379	brother death	1389	became Grand Prince	Yury Dmitrievich	Dmitri Donskoi
Yury Dmitrievich	Dmitri Donskoi law	brother	1389	coup	1433	became Grand Prince	Vasiliy Kosoy	Vasily I and Vasily II
Vasiliy Kosoy	Heir presumptive	son	1433	father has become Grand Prince	1434	became Grand Prince	Dmitry Shemyaka	Yury Dmitrievich
Dmitry Shemyaka	Heir presumptive	brother and cousin	1434	brother has become Grand Prince	1440	birth of Vasily II son	Ivan III	Vasiliy Kosoy and Vasily II
Ivan III	Heir presumptive	son	1440	oldest son	1462	became Grand Prince	Ivan Ivanovich	Vasily II of Moscow
Ivan Ivanovich	Heir presumptive	son	1462	father has become Grand Prince	1490	died	Dmitry Ivanovich	Ivan III
Dmitry Ivanovich	Heir presumptive	grandson	1490	father has died	1502	court coup	Vasily III of Moscow	Ivan III
Vasily III of Moscow	Heir presumptive	son	1502	court coup	1505	became Grand Prince	Yury	Ivan III
Yury	Heir presumptive	brother	1505	brother has become grand prince	1530	birth of Vasily III son	Ivan IV	Vasily III of Moscow
Ivan IV	Heir presumptive	son	1530	born	1533	became grand prince	Yury	Vasily III of Moscow
Yury	Heir presumptive	brother	1533	born	1552	birth of Ivan IV son	Dmitry	Ivan IV

1552 to 1725

Heir	Status	Relationship to Monarch	Became heir	Reason	Ceased to be heir	Reason	Next in succession	Monarch
Dmitry	Heir presumptive	son	1552	born	1553	killed	Yury	Ivan IV
Yury	Heir presumptive	brother	1533	death of Dmitry	1552	birth of Ivan IV son	Ivan Ivanovich	Ivan IV
Ivan Ivanovich	Heir presumptive	son	1554	born	1582	killed	Feodor I of Russia	Ivan IV
Feodor I of Russia	Heir presumptive	son	1582	born	1584	became Tsar of all Russia	Dmitriy Ivanovich	Ivan IV
Dmitriy Ivanovich	Heir presumptive	brother	1584	brother became tsar	1591	killed	Feodor II of Russia	Feodor I of Russia
Feodor II of Russia	Heir presumptive	son	1598	father became tsar	1605	became tsar	Sigismund III Vasa	Boris Godunov
Sigismund III Vasa	Heir presumptive	father	1610	son became ruler of Moscowy	1612	Polish forces are defeated	Feodor Romanov	Władysław IV Vasa
Feodor Romanov	Heir presumptive	father	1612	son became tsar	1629	birth of tsar son	Alexis I of Russia	Michael of Russia
Alexis I of Russia	Heir presumptive	son	1629	born	1645	became tsar	Dmitri Alexeevich	Michael of Russia
Dmitri Alexeevich	Heir presumptive	son	1648	born	1649	died	Alexei Alexeevich	Alexis I of Russia
Alexei Alexeevich	Heir presumptive	son	1654	born	1670	died	Feodor III of Russia	Alexis I of Russia
Feodor III of Russia	Heir presumptive	son	1670	brother death	1676	became tsar	Ivan V of Russia	Alexis I of Russia
Ivan V of Russia	Heir presumptive	brother	1676	brother became tsar	1682	became tsar	Peter I of Russia	Feodor III of Russia
Peter I of Russia	Heir presumptive	brother	1682	brother became tsar	1682	became tsar in court coup	Alexei Petrovich	Ivan V of Russia
Alexei Petrovich	Heir presumptive	son	1690	born	1718	arrested and killed	Peter II of Russia	Peter I and Ivan V
Peter II of Russia	Heir presumptive	grandson	1718	born	1727	became emperor	Ivan VI of Russia	Peter I of Russia
Ivan VI of Russia	Crown heir	grand nephew	1740	proclaimed by tsar	1740	became emperor	Peter III of Russia	Anna of Russia
Peter III of Russia	Heir presumptive	nephew	1742	proclaimed by tsar	1762	became emperor	Paul I of Russia	Elizabeth of Russia
Paul I of Russia	Heir presumptive	son	1762	born	1796	became emperor	Alexander I of Russia	Peter III and Catherine II
Alexander I of Russia	Heir presumptive	son	1796	born	1801	became emperor	Constantine I of Russia	Paul I of Russia
Constantine I of Russia	Heir presumptive	brother	1801	born	1825	became emperor	Alexander II of Russia	Alexander I of Russia
Alexander II of Russia	Heir presumptive	son	1825	born	1855	became emperor	Nicholas Alexandrovich	Nicholas I of Russia
Nicholas Alexandrovich	Heir presumptive	son	1855	born	1865	died	Alexander III of Russia	Alexander II of Russia
Alexander III of Russia	crown heir	son	1865	brother death	1881	became emperor	Nicholas II of Russia	Alexander II of Russia
Nicholas II of Russia	Heir presumptive	son	1881	born	1894	became emperor	George of Russia	Alexander III of Russia
George of Russia	Heir presumptive	brother	1894	born	1899	died	Michael II of Russia	Nicholas II of Russia
Michael II of Russia	Heir presumptive	brother	1899	brother death	1904	birth of tsar son	Alexei of Russia	Nicholas II of Russia
Alexei of Russia	Heir presumptive	son	1904	born	1918	died	nobody	Nicholas II of Russia

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-| Unknown Simeon son || Heir presumptive || oldest son || 1348 || son || 1353 || died || [[Ivan II of Moscow|Ivan II of Moscow]] || [[Simeon of Moscow|Simeon]]
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 | '''[[Dmitri Donskoi]]''' || Heir presumptive || son || 1353 || father became Grand prince ||  1359 || became Grand prince || Ivan Ivanovich  || [[Ivan II of Moscow|Ivan II of Moscow]]
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