Patriarch Filaret of Moscow

Filaret
Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia
ChurchRussian Orthodox Church
SeeMoscow
Installed1619
Term ended1633
PredecessorHermogenes
SuccessorJoasaphus I
Personal details
Born
Fyodor Nikitich Romanov

c. 1553
Moscow, Russia
Died1 October 1633(1633-10-01) (aged 79–80)
Moscow, Russia
BuriedDormition Cathedral, Moscow
DenominationOrthodox Christianity
ParentsNikita Romanovich
Princess Evdokiya Alexandrovna Gorbataya-Shuyskaya
SpouseXenia Shestova
ChildrenMikhail Fyodorovich Romanov
5 others

Feodor Nikitich Romanov (Russian: Фео́дор Ники́тич Рома́нов, IPA: [ˈfʲɵdər nʲɪˈkʲitʲɪtɕ rɐˈmanəf]; 1553 – 1 October 1633) was a Russian boyar who after temporary disgrace rose to become patriarch of Moscow as Filaret (Russian: Филаре́т, IPA: [fʲɪɫɐˈrʲet]), and became de facto ruler of Russia during the reign of his son, Mikhail Feodorovich.