Maria Dolgorukaya

Maria Dolgorukaya
Ivan the Terrible announces to his seventh wife Maria Dolgorukaya her imminent death
Tsaritsa of All Russia
(Disputed existence)
Tenure1580
PredecessorVasilisa Melentyeva
(Disputed existence)
SuccessorMaria Nagaya
Born?
Died1580
Drowning (homicide)
SpouseIvan the Terrible
DynastyRurik
ReligionEastern Orthodox

Maria Dolgorukaya (died 1580) possibly was the seventh wife of Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of Russia. The marriage (unauthorized by the church) may have been celebrated in 1580. Legend says she did not bear the Tsar any children and was revealed to have a lover after their first night together, when the Tsar discovered she wasn't a virgin. Ivan subsequently had her drowned.