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Ivan IV the Terrible 1530–1584 Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia r. 1533–1547 Tsar of all Russia r. 1547–1584: Maria Nagaya d. c. 1608: Yuri of Uglich 1532–1563: Ivan Shuysky c. 1533 – c. 1573: Philaret 1553–1633 Patriarch of Moscow: Boris Godunov c. 1551 –1605 Tsar of Russia r. 1598–1605: Maria Skuratova Belskaya d. 1605 ...
Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван IV Васильевич; [d] 25 August 1530 – 28 March [O.S. 18 March] 1584), commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, [e] was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 1584. [3]
Ivan IV ("the Terrible") assumed the title of tsar in 1547. Succession was treated in an unorthodox manner under Ivan IV, who, in 1575, formally transferred his powers to Simeon Bekbulatovich, a Tatar prince who had been baptized and given his own principality; [95] Ivan returned to the throne the following year. [95]
The family fortunes soared when Roman's daughter, Anastasia Zakharyina, married Ivan IV ("the Terrible") on 3 (13) February 1547. [7] Since her husband had assumed the title of Tsar of all Russia, which derives from the title "Caesar", on 16 January 1547, she was crowned as the first tsaritsa of Russia. Her mysterious death in 1560 changed Ivan ...
Anastasia and Ivan's marriage took place on 3 February 1547, at the Cathedral of the Annunciation. She gave birth to a total of six children: Anna, Maria, Dmitry, Ivan, Eudoxia, and Feodor. It is widely believed that Anastasia had a moderating influence on Ivan's volatile character. Ivan adored Anastasia and never thought to be with any woman ...
[1] [2] He was the son of Ivan III and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name Gavriil (Гавриил). Following on the ambitions of his predecessor Ivan, Vasili conquered Pskov, Ryazan and Smolensk as well as strengthening Russian influence in Kazan and to the Volga region. Several nobles were either exiled, sentenced or executed ...
Ivan Ivanovich was killed by his father in a fit of rage, [5] with the argument ending after the elder Ivan fatally struck his son in the head with his pointed staff. [6] Yelena also suffered a miscarriage within hours of the incident. [4] The event is depicted in the famous painting by Ilya Repin, Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan.
Dmitry was born as the third child and first son of Ivan IV of Russia ("the Terrible") by his first wife, Anastasia Romanovna. Throughout the first four years of their marriage, Anastasia presented Ivan with two daughters, Anna and Maria. Both died in infancy, Anna at the age of eleven months and Maria before her sixth month.