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Ivan the Terrible · Alexandria

Person · 1530 CE – 1584 CE

Ivan the Terrible

Also known as

Aiwene te kino
Ibán IV de Rússia
Ifan IV
Iivana Julma
Ioannes IV
Iohannes se Egesiga

Image illustrating Ivan the Terrible — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Ivan the Terriblesee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

spouse · spouse ofAnastasia Romanovna1530 CE
spouse · spouse ofAnna Koltovskaya
spouse · spouse ofAnna Vasilchikova
child · father ofDmitry Ivanovich of Russia1552 CE
child · father ofDmitry of Uglich1582 CE
citizen of

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Grand Principality of Moscow1263 CE

foundedKaźjany Castle1563 CE