Agrippina Fedorovna Chelyadnina

Agrippina Fedorovna Chelyadnina (fl. 1538), was a Russian noble and courtier, the royal governess of Tsar Ivan the Terrible.[1]

Ivan the Terrible and Agrippina, by Carl Wenig (1886)

Agrippina was the daughter of Fyodor Vasilyevich Obolensky (called Telepen), and sister of Ivan Fedorovich Telepnev-Obolensky who was a favourite of Elena Glinskaya.

She married a Boyar in the service of Vasili III of Moscow. The marriage was childless, as Fydor died between 1516 and 1518. Due to the status of her husband and relatives, Agrippina enjoyed an elite position amongst other courtiers. She was appointed governess to Ivan in 1533, before Vasili's death, after which Elena took Agrippina's brother as her lover and ruled as regent.

After the death of Elena Glinskaya, 20 April 1838, boyars Ivan and Vasili Shuisky staged a coup, arresting Agrippina and her brother. She was exiled to Kargopol and forced to become a nun.[2]

References
  1. Beneshevich V. Chelyadnina, Agrippina (Agrafena) Fyodorovna // Russian Biographical Dictionary = Russian Biographical Dictionary / under the supervision of the Chairman of the Imperial Russian Historical Society A. A. Polovtsov . - Printing house of I. N. Skorokhodov. - St. Petersburg. , 1905. - T. 22 "Chaadaev - Shvitkov". - S. 132. - 642 p.
  2. G. A. Vlasyev . The offspring of Rurik: materials for compiling genealogies. SPb. T. 1. Princes of Chernigov. Part 2. Type: T-vo R. Golike and I. Vilborg. 1906 Princess Agrafena Fedorovna. page 399.
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