WI assassin's fail to kill tsar Paul would a concrete Franco Russian alliance have happened. What would future Russian and European history look like with a Paul as tsar
WI assassin's fail to kill tsar Paul would a concrete Franco Russian alliance have happened. What would future Russian and European history look like with a Paul as tsar
Sophie always blamed her oldest Son Alexander for letting the Assassination happen
It fails and she has Paul remove Alex and Konstantine from the line of Succession
These two were taken away as children to be raised by their grandmother Catherine the way she thought rulers should be raised
So using the attempt as a pretext those two are removed as possible Czars
Nicholas now becomes the heir presumptive
Sophi is the true power behind the throne
Well Paul didn't like/trust Alex anyway, and it was rumored that Paul's creation of Konstantin as Tsetsarevich was the prelude to him disinheriting Sasha. However, Paul was assassinated before anything concrete was done, and besides, if Paul hadn't promulgated the Pauline Laws, the Emperor could name his successor. Sasha wouldn't be happy about it, and there might be some conflict between Sasha and Kostka when Paul kicks.
I guess Constantine wasn't as affected by Catherine's upbringing as Alexander was then? Otherwise, I'd just assume Paul would simply focus more on Nicholas and Michael.