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Anastasia is one of the main characters in the ballet Ivan the Terrible by choreographer Yuri Grigorovich with music by Sergei Prokofiev, which premiered on 20 February 1975, at the Bolshoi Theatre, starring Yuri Vladimirov as Ivan IV and Natalia Bessmertnova as Anastasia.
- 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.
In Ivan the Terrible: Early reforms …In February 1547 Ivan married Anastasia Romanovna, a great-aunt of the future first tsar of the Romanov dynasty. Read More
- 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.
Oct 8, 2019 · 1. The Romanov dynasty first achieved prominence when Anastasia Romanovna married Ivan the Terrible. Noblewoman Anastasia Romanovna married Ivan IV Vasilyevich, then the grand prince of Moscow, in 1547. Ivan was declared Tsar of all Russia later that same year, making him the first Tsar of a unified Russian state.
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Jun 20, 2024 · 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 .
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Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван IV Васильевич; 25 August 1530 – 28 March [O.S. 18 March] 1584), commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 1584.
