Alexander the I of Russia is killed

lets say during the french invasion of Russia Alexander is killed what happens next does the Russians continue fighting or do they surrender or elect a new monarch to lead them?
 
There is an orderly succession to his brother Constatine who doesn't renounce his rights until 1823. Nicholas I would have been only 16 and Constatine has no legitimate heir (he might in the TTL though) so its likely that Nicholas i would still become Tsar but later- 1831 instead of 1825
 
There is an orderly succession to his brother Constatine who doesn't renounce his rights until 1823. Nicholas I would have been only 16 and Constatine has no legitimate heir (he might in the TTL though) so its likely that Nicholas i would still become Tsar but later- 1831 instead of 1825
Constantine died from disease brought by Russian troops send to Poland to fight November Uprising. As Tsar Constantine would likely avoid this fate, although it is possible, that he'll be long dead by this time, assassinated like father. Constantine was not 100% sane, he was also biggest polonophile among Romanovs, man, who renounced his rights to Russian throne to marry Polish woman.
 
Constantine died from disease brought by Russian troops send to Poland to fight November Uprising. As Tsar Constantine would likely avoid this fate, although it is possible, that he'll be long dead by this time, assassinated like father. Constantine was not 100% sane, he was also biggest polonophile among Romanovs, man, who renounced his rights to Russian throne to marry Polish woman.

By the time Constantine dies in our timeline, there would be twenty years of butterflies so a lot is possible.

Does he still marry the Polish woman? Does he elevate her to the throne, does he have legitimate heirs?

All are possible.

Keeping to the opening piece, the Russians accept Constatine as their Tsar and defend the country as they did under Alexander
 
I would point out that Konstantin was one of the few (perhaps the only) members of the Russian court still in favour of the Franco-Russian alliance. Also, his mom, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna blocked him getting a dissolution of his marriage until the late 1810s since she didn't want to ruin Juliane of Coburg's reputation.

Now, I don't see Konstantin being necessarily as pro-French while they're marching to his front door, but I DO see Maria Feodorovna's impact being lessened. 1) she basically blackmailed Alexander into letting her have the shine by holding his complicity in Paul's murder over his head (AFAIK Kostya wasn't involved so she loses that power, over a son she didn't raise). And 2) its one thing to block the divorce of a grand duke who doesn't have kids, but an emperor, with an estranged wife sitting abroad, and no kids? As said, if Maria lacks her emotional blackmail angle, she might have a much harder job of it. So, Kostka might get a divorce on grounds of desertion (not sure if that would be valid grounds in the Orthodox Church, I think it is/was in the Catholic Church), and remarry (to a princess! Emperor isn't going to wed a Polish nobody like OTL) by 1813/1814 already.
 
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