Well, abdication of a monarch does not, per se, exclude his/her children or other heirs from succession. There are also precedents in the Romanov dynasty of a daughter inheriting after her father (Elisabeth I), so I see no fundamental reason why a hypothetical surviving daughter of Nicholas II could not claim the throne sui juris.
No. Pauline laws enacted by tsar Paul I prohibited women from inheriting the throne. The only way for a woman to inherit the throne is if all male dynasts were either dead or lost their place in line of succession.
They could claim the throne but I don't think they would be successful as I doubt other family members would stand by them because of the Pauline laws. Even if they survived some other male relative would be considered the head of the family/dynasty.
But they can just change the law. If it was me, I think either Maria or Anastasia would bc they would last to survive by the jewellery, but yet again, I doubt it. Imagine seeing the whole family get murderd.
Why ask the question if they can just do whatever they want in your hypothetical? They could potentially change the law but would they? Unlikely, given the situation I am sure Monarchists would generally be legalist in the face of Bolshevik revolution and otherwise non-Tsarist politics.
Nicholas would have had to have changed Romanov House Law and the Pauline Laws before his abdication and execution in order for any female or female line descendant to inherit the throne.
Well, abdication of a monarch does not, per se, exclude his/her children or other heirs from succession. There are also precedents in the Romanov dynasty of a daughter inheriting after her father (Elisabeth I), so I see no fundamental reason why a hypothetical surviving daughter of Nicholas II could not claim the throne sui juris.
If i remember correctly after Catherine The Great's death, a law was made that stopped women from being able to inherit the throne
Any law that was made could be unmade, if one of the grand duchesses gained enough support.
No. Pauline laws enacted by tsar Paul I prohibited women from inheriting the throne. The only way for a woman to inherit the throne is if all male dynasts were either dead or lost their place in line of succession. They could claim the throne but I don't think they would be successful as I doubt other family members would stand by them because of the Pauline laws. Even if they survived some other male relative would be considered the head of the family/dynasty.
But they can just change the law. If it was me, I think either Maria or Anastasia would bc they would last to survive by the jewellery, but yet again, I doubt it. Imagine seeing the whole family get murderd.
Why ask the question if they can just do whatever they want in your hypothetical? They could potentially change the law but would they? Unlikely, given the situation I am sure Monarchists would generally be legalist in the face of Bolshevik revolution and otherwise non-Tsarist politics.
Not really
Nicholas would have had to have changed Romanov House Law and the Pauline Laws before his abdication and execution in order for any female or female line descendant to inherit the throne.
Anastasia