Michael of Russia

Michael I
Михаил Фёдорович
J. H. Wedekind's copy of a portrait
Tsar of all Russia
Reign21 February 1613 – 13 July 1645
Coronation11 July 1613
PredecessorVladislav (de jure, disputed)
Dmitry Troubetskoy (as the head of the Zemsky government)
SuccessorAlexis
Born(1596-07-22)22 July 1596
Moscow, Russia
Died23 July 1645(1645-07-23) (aged 49)
Moscow, Russia
Burial
Spouses
(m. 1624; died 1625)
(m. 1626)
Issue
among others...
Names
Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov
HouseRomanov
FatherFeodor Nikitich Romanov
MotherKseniya Shestova
ReligionRussian Orthodox
Signature

Michael I (Russian: Михаил Фёдорович Романов, romanizedMikhail Fyodorovich Romanov; 22 July [O.S. 12 July] 1596 – 23 July [O.S. 13 July] 1645) was Tsar of all Russia from 1613 until his death in 1645. He was elected by the Zemsky Sobor and was the first tsar of the House of Romanov, which succeeded the House of Rurik.

He was the son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov (later known as Patriarch Filaret) and of Xenia Shestova. He was also a first cousin once removed of Feodor I, the last tsar of the Rurik dynasty, through his great-aunt Anastasia Romanovna, who was the mother of Feodor I and first wife of Ivan the Terrible.[a]

His accession marked the end of the Time of Troubles. The Ingrian and Polish–Muscovite Wars were brought to an end in 1617 and 1618 respectively, with continued Russian independence confirmed at the expense of territorial losses in the west. Polish king Władysław IV Vasa finally agreed to formally give up his claim to the Russian throne with the Treaty of Polyanovka in 1634. To the east, Cossacks made unprecedented advances in the conquest of Siberia, and Russian explorers had reached the Pacific Ocean (Sea of Okhotsk) by the end of Michael's reign.
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