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Vasilisa Melentyeva | |
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Tsaritsa of All Russia (Disputed existence) | |
Tenure | 1579 |
Predecessor | Anna Vasilchikova |
Successor | Maria Dolgorukaya (Disputed existence) |
Born | 1560 or 1540 Ukraine or Kingdom of Georgia |
Died | Unknown |
Spouse | Ivan the Terrible |
Dynasty | Rurik |
Religion | Eastern Orthodox |
Vasilisa Melentyeva (‹See Tfd›Russian: Васили́са Меле́нтьева) was the legendary or real sixth wife of Ivan the Terrible. The marriage (not authorized by the Church) may have been celebrated in 1575 or she was simply a concubine. Modern scholars now tend to consider her to be a 19th-century fraud.[1][2][3]