Feodor Ivanovich

Examples of Feodor Ivanovich in the following topics:

• The Time of Troubles

  • It began with the death of the childless last Russian Tsar of the Rurik Dynasty, Feodor Ivanovich, in 1598 and continued until the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty in 1613.
  • At the death of Feodor Ivanovich, the last Rurikid Tsar, in 1598, his brother-in-law and trusted advisor, Boris Godunov, was elected his successor by the Zemsky Sobor (Great National Assembly).
  • Godunov was a leading boyar and had accomplished a great deal under the reign of the mentally-challenged and childless Feodor.
  • Feodor Ivanovich’s younger brother was reportedly stabbed to death before the Tsar’s death, but some people still believed he had fled and was alive.

• Ivan the Terrible

  • Legend also suggests he murdered his son Ivan Ivanovich, whom he had groomed for the throne, in 1581, leaving the throne to his childless son Feodor Ivanovich.

• Peter the Great

  • In 1676, Tsar Alexis died, leaving the sovereignty to Peter's elder half-brother, Feodor III.
  • This changed when Feodor died in 1682.

• The Romanovs

  • He unified the boyars and satisfied the Moscow royalty as the son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov (now Patriarch Philaret) and the nephew of the Rurikid Tsar Feodor I.

• Peter's Foreign Policy

  • Peter the Great became Tsar in 1682 upon the death of his elder brother Feodor but did not become the actual ruler until 1689.