Czar Ivan Rurik, "IV, "Grozniy"

1530 - 1584  (53 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Ivan Rurik
  Prefix	Czar
  Suffix	"IV, "Grozniy"
  Birth	25 Aug 1530	Moskva, Rossiya
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Mar 1584
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. Czar Ivan Rurik, "IV, "Grozniy",   b. 25 Aug 1530, Moskva, Rossiya d. 18 Mar 1584  (Age 53 years) ▻ Anastasia Sacharjinas Romanova,  m. 1547 ;   Marie Tscerkaski,  m. 1561 ;   Maria Sobakin,  m. 1571 ;   Maria Nagaya,  m. 1581 + 2. Yuriy Rurik,   b. 30 Oct 1532, Moskva, Rossiya d. 24 Nov 1563, Moskva, Rossiya  (Age 31 years) ▻ Uliana Dmitrievna Paletskaya,  m. 3 Nov 1547
  Person ID	I54386	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	Czar Vasily Iwanowitsch Rurik, III / IV,   b. 25 Mar 1479   d. 3 Dec 1534 (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Yelena Glinskaya,   b. Jul 1506   d. 3 Apr 1538 (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1526-1527
  Family ID	F22192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anastasia Sacharjinas Romanova   d. 1560
  Marriage	1547
  Children	1. Dimitri Rurik,   b. 1552   d. 26 Jun 1553 (Age 1 year)   2. Iwan Rurik,   b. 28 Mar 1554, Moskva, Rossiya d. 19 Nov 1581, Alexandrov Palace (Age 27 years) + 3. Fyodor Rurik,   b. 31 May 1557, Moskva, Rossiya d. 6 Jan 1598, Moskva, Rossiya (Age 40 years)   4. Anna Rurik,   b. 10 Aug 1549, Moskva, Rossiya d. 20 Jul 1550, Moskva, Rossiya (Age 0 years)   5. Maria Rurik,   b. 17 Mar 1551, Moskva, Rossiya d. Abt 1 Sep 1551, Moskva, Rossiya (Age 0 years)   6. Eudoxia Rurik,   b. 26 Feb 1556, Moskva, Rossiya d. 1558, Moskva, Rossiya (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F22193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

  Family 2	Marie Tscerkaski   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1561
  Children	1. Vasili Rurik,   b. 21 Mar 1563   d. 4 May 1563 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F22194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

  Family 3	Maria Sobakin   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1571
  Family ID	F22195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

  Family 4	Maria Nagaya   d. 1608
  Marriage	1581
  7th marriage of Ivan IV
  Children	1. Dmitry Ivanovich Rurik,   b. 19 Oct 1582   d. 15 May 1591, Uglich (Age 8 years)
  Family ID	F224026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2009

  
  

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  "The Terrible" The first Tsar of Russia 1547-1584, He centralized the administration of Russia and expanded the boundaries of the Russian Empire. He was born in Moscow, the oldest son of Vasily III. Ivan was only three years old when his Father, died. Ivan's Mother, was leading Boyar (Noble) Family established a regency, but it soon degenerated into intrigue, denuncation and wild violence as rival boyars disputed the dominance of Glinsky Family. Ivan had a poor health, he was largely ignored and his education was neglected. In 1547, Ivan was crowned as Tsar (first time in Russian history, before this, title was Grand Duke) He was never able to recapture the happiness he had enjoyed with Anastasia. The years 1547 through 1560 are usually considered the constructive period of Ivan's reign, although the exact date that he assumed de facto control from the aristocracy is in dispute. He appointed an advisory council, founded (1549) a national assembly, enacted reforms in local government (approved by the advisory council), drew up (1550) a new law, and standardized the responsibilities and duties of the aristocracy. Ivan annexed two of the three Tatar states in Russia-Kazan (1552) and Astrakhan (1556, the first non-Slavic states in the empire). Thus Russian control of the Volga River and access to the Caspian Sea was assumed. Expansion to the east, beyond the Ural Mountains, also began during this period. (Before Ivan's death Russia had established itself in Siberia.) In addition, trade contacts with the English, French, and Dutch were begun. Anastasia's death in 1560 marked the end of Ivan's constructive policies. Increasingly powerful, Ivan turned against his advisors-convinced that they, backed by the boyars, had caused her death. Threatening to abdicate unless the boyars were punished for their greed and treachery, Ivan abandoned Moscow in 1564, settling in the village of Aleksandrovsk. Confused and frightened, the people of Moscow begged Ivan to return and rule over them. He eventually agreed to do so on two conditions: he was to have the right to punish traitors and wrongdoers, executing them when necessary and confiscating their possessions; and a political and territorial subdivision-the oprichnina-was to be established, managed entirely at the discretion of the tsar. The oprichnina included most of the wealthy towns, trade routes, and cultivated areas of Russia and was, therefore, a stronghold of wealthy old boyar families. To Ivan's select bodyguard, the oprichniki, fell the task of destroying many of these great lords. Contemporary estimates of the number killed are from 400 to as high as 10,000. Only a few of the old boyar families survived. Those who were not killed were ruined by Ivan's political and economic reforms. Ivan controlled this personal territory until 1572. In foreign affairs, too, turmoil and disaster marked the latter part of Ivan's reign. Russia attempted, unsuccessfully, to gain access to the Baltic Sea in the Livonian War (1557-82) with Poland-Lithuania. Although the transition from Ivan to his son and successor, Fyodor I, was relatively easy and quiet, Moscow was, according to most observers, on the verge of anarchy as a result of Ivan's policies.