Question
This monarch’s court was satirized in a mock tragedy titled Trumpf, which marked the first historical attempt at “doing the Drumpf thing.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Russian monarch, who was murdered in a conspiracy planned by a circle including Peter von der Pahlen and the Count von Bennigsen.
ANSWER: Tsar Paul I [or Pavel I Petrovich]
[10e] This son of Paul I gave his approval to the conspiracy that resulted in the death of his father. This tsar signed the Treaty of Tilsit with Napoleon.
ANSWER: Alexander I [or Alexander I Pavlovich; prompt on Alexander]
[10h] Paul’s erratic, unpopular actions included his assumption of this title in 1799. Paul was the first non-Catholic holder of this position, from which Ferdinand von Hompesch had abdicated following his defeat by Napoleon.
ANSWER: Grand Master of the Knights of Malta [accept Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Knights Hospitaller or Knights of Saint John for “Knights of Malta”; prompt on head or leader of the Knights of Malta]
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