Anna Koltovskaya

Anna Koltovskaya
Tsaritsa consort of all Russia
Tenure29 April 1572 – 1574
PredecessorMarfa Sobakina
SuccessorAnna Vasilchikova
Bornc. 1552
Died5 April 1626 (aged 73-74)
Tikhvin
Burial
Tikhvin Vvedensky Monastery
SpouseIvan IV of Russia
Names
Anna Alexeievna Koltovskaya
DynastyRurik (by marriage)
FatherAlexei Koltovski
ReligionRussian Orthodox
black and white image depicting the grave of Anna Koltovskaya
photograph of Anna Koltovskaya's grave

Anna Alexeievna Koltovskaya (Russian: Анна Алексеевна Колтовская; c. 1552 – 5 April 1626), also known by her monastic name Daria (Дария), was tsaritsa of all Russia as the fourth wife of Ivan the Terrible, the tsar of all Russia.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kinney, A.; Lawson, J. (23 October 2014). Titled Elizabethans: A Directory of Elizabethan Court, State, and Church Officers, 1558–1603. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-46148-3.
  2. ^ Madariaga, Isabel de (25 September 2006). Ivan the Terrible. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14376-8.