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Emperor Paul I of Russia - Current consensus of who his father was.

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Officially his father was Peter III, but his mother, Catherine the Great, suggested that it was actually Saltykov, with whom she was having an affair at the time. Also, is it known if a DNA analysis has been conducted to determine the identity of his father?

Posted Aug 17, 2017, 7:59 PM UTC

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