Posted by Jane
on 25/10/2009, 4:48:28, in reply to "paternity of Paul I of Russia"
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As far as disputed paternities go, that of Czar Paul I of Russia has always been one of the weaker cases -- precisely because of the said resemblance. It's true that Empress Catherine CLAIMED to have conceived her son by a lover -- but some have called this simply a case of *bad history.*
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: do these have a similar look?
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: Paul of Russia:
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: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Paul_i_russia.jpg/477px-Paul_i_russia.jpg
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: Charles XII of Sweden:
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: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Axel_Sparre_-_Karl_den_XII%2C_1682-1718%2C_kung_av_Sverige.jpg
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: Charles XII was the great-uncle of the man
: who was married with Paul's mother.
: If the looks of the husbabnd's uncles are
: present in the boy - then, well, the mother
: quite possibly begat the boy by her wedded
: husband and not someone else
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