Shuysky

House of Shuysky
Parent houseRurikids
CountryRussia
Founded1606
FounderVasili IV
Current head? (possibly extinct)
Final ruler
Russia:
Vasili IV (1606–1610)
TitlesTsar of Russia
Estate(s)Principality of Suzdal–Nizhny Novgorod
Deposition
Russia:
1610 (abdicated the throne, line extinct afterwards)
Cadet branchessenior
junior

The House of Shuysky (Shuisky; Russian: Шуйские, romanizedShuyskiye) was a Rurikid family of Boyars descending from Grand Duke Dimitri Konstantinovich of Vladimir-Suzdal and Prince Andrey Yaroslavich, brother to Alexander Nevsky. The surname is derived from the town of Shuya, of which the Shuiskys gained ownership in 1403. From 1606 to 1610, Vasili Shuisky ruled as tsar over Russia during the Time of Troubles.

Tsar Vasili IV.