Succession Controversy
Several individuals may claim dynastic headship, depending on application of Romanov House Law. First, one must determine whether there is a surviving male dynast: if so, he is the legitimate claimant under Romanov House Law. If not, semi-salic succession takes over, and the title passes to the last surviving male dynast's closest female relative. In that case, we must assess who the last surviving male dynast was: This may have been Vladimir Cyrillovich, or, depending on one's view of the validity of his father's or grandfather's marriage, Nicholas Romanovich. Finally, we must assess who the last surviving male dynast's closest female relative is: this may be Maria Vladimirovna, or, depending on one's view of her father's marriage, Nicholas Romanovich; semi-salic succession may instead pivot from, for instance, Nicholas II, or Vladimir Cyrillovich's cousin, Prince Rostislav.
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