Feodor I of Russia

Feodor I
Italian engraving, 1580s
Tsar of all Russia
Reign28 March 1584 – 17 January 1598
Coronation31 May 1584
PredecessorIvan IV
SuccessorBoris Godunov
Irina Godunova (disputed)
Born(1557-05-31)31 May 1557
Moscow, Russia
Died17 January 1598(1598-01-17) (aged 40)
Moscow, Russia
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1575)
IssueTsarevna Feodosiya of Russia
Names
Feodor Ivanovich
DynastyRurik
FatherIvan IV of Russia
MotherAnastasia Romanovna
ReligionRussian Orthodox

Feodor I Ioannovich (Russian: Феодор I Иоаннович) or Fyodor I Ivanovich (Russian: Фёдор I Иванович; 31 May 1557 – 17 January 1598), nicknamed the Blessed (Блаженный), was Tsar of all Russia from 1584 until his death in 1598.

Feodor's mother died when he was three, and he grew up in the shadow of his father, Ivan IV. A pious man of retiring disposition, Feodor took little interest in politics, and the country was effectively administered in his name by Boris Godunov, the brother of his beloved wife Irina. His childless death marked the end of the Rurik dynasty, and spurred Russia's descent into the catastrophic Time of Troubles.

He is listed in the Great Synaxaristes of the Eastern Orthodox Church, with his feast day on 7 January (O.S.).[1]

  1. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Πρίγκιπας. 7 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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