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Anastasia Romanovna Zakharyina-Yurieva (Russian: Анастасия Романовна Захарьина-Юрьева; 1530 – 7 August 1560) was the tsaritsa of all Russia as the first wife of Ivan IV, the tsar of all Russia.
In February 1547 Ivan married Anastasia Romanovna, a great-aunt of the future first tsar of the Romanov dynasty. Since 1542 Ivan had been greatly influenced by the views of the metropolitan of Moscow, Makari, who encouraged the young tsar in his desire to establish a Christian state based on the principles of justice.
- 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.
Sep 27, 2021 · Anastasia Romanov was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II who was murdered alongside her family by Bolsheviks on July 17, 1918. Anastasia's body was so mangled and well-hidden that many an imposter claimed to be her in an effort to inherit the remaining Romanov fortune.
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1547. Portrait Age. 25. Anastasia was Ivan IV’s one true love, the only woman he cherished and respected. She could calm him and modify his dreadful passions. He called her “my little heifer”. Her early death was a turning point in his frightful career. With her gone, all restraints on his murderous behavior were off.
© History Skills. The tragic tale of Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, has captivated the world for over a century. Born into a life of opulence and power, Anastasia's world was irrevocably shattered by the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Anastasia Romanovna Zakharyina-Yurieva was the tsaritsa of all Russia as the first wife of Ivan IV, the tsar of all Russia. She was also the mother of Feodor I, the last lineal Rurikid tsar of Russia, and the great-aunt of Michael of Russia, the first tsar of the Romanov dynasty.
