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Marfa Vasilyevna Sobakina (Russian: Марфа Васильевна Собакина; 1552 – 13 November 1571) was the tsaritsa of Russia as the third wife of Ivan the Terrible, the tsar of all Russia, from October 1571 until her death the next month.
- Anastasia Zakharyina-Yurieva. History books mention the first wife of Ivan the Terrible as possessing attractive looks and combining all virtues of the 16th century in herself – chastity, modesty and piety.
- Maria Temryukovna. Ivan the Terrible’s second wife was Circassian princess Maria Temryukovna. She was the daughter of Kabardian prince Temryuk; before the marriage, she was called Kucheney.
- Marfa Sobakina. The tsar’s third marriage was his shortest. The tsar had decided that he ought to have had more heirs, so he arranged a bride show two years after the death of his previous spouse.
- Anna Koltovskaya. The laws of the 16th century didn’t allow having more than three marriages in one’s lifetime. Nonetheless, after the death of Marfa, Ivan the Terrible managed to persuade the Church to hold a fourth marriage.
- Anastasia Romanovna (1547-1560) Poisoned or succumbed to illness. Anastasia Romanovna was brought to the Kremlin for Ivan's inspection along with as many as 1500 other potential brides.
- Maria Temryukovna (1561-1569) Poisoned. After the death of his first wife, Ivan was presented with the daughter of a Muslim prince, Maria Temryukovna. According to folklore, Ivan was warned by his first wife (when she was ill) not to marry a pagan, but he was so taken by Maria's beauty that he married her in 1561.
- Marfa Sobakina (1571) Poisoned. Ivan initiated another exhaustive selection process to find his third wife. Marfa Sobakina was chosen from 12 finalists to become Tsaritsa of Russia.
- Anna Koltovskaya (1572-1574) Imprisoned. It was illegal and impious for Ivan to marry a fourth time, but he claimed to have not consummated his previous marriage.
Aug 8, 2018 · Marfa Sobakina, forensic facial reconstruction by S. A. Nikitin. Photo by Sergey Nikitin CC BY-SA 3.0. Within a year, the suffering Russian tsar proceeded to marry his fourth spouse, in 1572. Her name was Anna Alexeievna Koltovskaya. As it turned out, Ivan’s fourth tsarina was infertile and so she was sent to a nunnery.
Marfa Vasilyevna Sobakina ( Russian: Марфа Васильевна Собакина; 1552 – 13 November 1571) was the tsaritsa of Russia as the third wife of Ivan the Terrible, the tsar of all Russia, from October 1571 until her death the next month. Life.
Jan 22, 2024 · Marfa Sobakina, the third wife, succumbed to an illness, triggering Ivan's relentless pursuit of a larger family. Anna Koltovskaya, his unconventional fourth wife, faced banishment, living out her days as a nun.
After his third wife, Marfa Sobakina, died in late 1571 (probably poisoned, just as Ivan’s first two wives), Ivan married for the fourth time – although the Orthodox Church was against it.
