Vasili IV of Russia

Vasili IV
Василий IV
Tsar of all Russia
Reign19 May 1606 – 19 July 1610
PredecessorFalse Dmitry I
Successor
Bornc. 1552
Russia
Died12 September 1612(1612-09-12) (aged 59)
Gostynin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (imprisoned)
Spouse
Names
Vasily Ivanovich Shuyskiy
HouseShuysky
FatherIvan Andreyevich Shuysky
MotherMarfa Feodorovna
ReligionRussian Orthodox
Vasili Shuisky at the Warsaw Sejm
Vasili Shuisky with his brothers at the Warsaw Sejm on 29 October 1611 engraved by Tomasz Makowski after lost picture of Tommaso Dolabella
Vasili IV paying homage to Sigismund III of Poland in Warsaw, by Jan Matejko

Vasili IV Ivanovich Shuisky (Russian: Василий IV Иванович Шуйский, romanizedVasiliy IV Ivanovich Shuyskiy, c. 1552 – 12 September 1612) was Tsar of all Russia from 1606 to 1610, after the murder of False Dmitri I. His rule coincided with the Time of Troubles. He was the only member of House of Shuisky to become tsar and the last member of the Rurikid dynasty (Yurievichi branch) to rule as tsar.