| Feodor I | |||||
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 Italian engraving, 1580s | |||||
| Tsar of all Russia | |||||
| Reign | 28 March 1584 – 17 January 1598 | ||||
| Coronation | 31 May 1584 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ivan IV | ||||
| Successor | Boris Godunov Irina Godunova (disputed) | ||||
| Born | 31 May 1557 Moscow, Russia | ||||
| Died | 17 January 1598 (aged 40) Moscow, Russia | ||||
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| Issue | Tsarevna Feodosiya of Russia | ||||
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| Dynasty | Rurik | ||||
| Father | Ivan IV of Russia | ||||
| Mother | Anastasia Romanovna | ||||
| Religion | Russian Orthodox | ||||
Feodor I Ioannovich (Russian: Феодор I Иоаннович) or Fyodor I Ivanovich (Russian: Фёдор I Иванович; 31 May 1557 – 17 January 1598), nicknamed the Blessed (Блаженный), was Tsar of all Russia from 1584 until his death in 1598.
Feodor's mother died when he was three, and he grew up in the shadow of his father, Ivan IV. A pious man of retiring disposition, Feodor took little interest in politics, and the country was effectively administered in his name by Boris Godunov, the brother of his beloved wife Irina. His childless death marked the end of the Rurik dynasty, and spurred Russia's descent into the catastrophic Time of Troubles.
He is listed in the Great Synaxaristes of the Eastern Orthodox Church, with his feast day on 7 January (O.S.).[1]
- ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Πρίγκιπας. 7 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.