Ruler · 1530 – 1584

Ivan the Terrible

Lived 1530 – 1584; politician. Tsar of All Russia of Tsardom of Russia, 1547 – 1584.

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Lived: 1530 – 1584; 54 years
In office: 37 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Tsardom of Russia
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Tsar of All Russia

Tsardom of Russia · the 1st of 12 dated reigns · 1547 – 1721

Ivan the Terrible1547 – 1584

Feodor I of Russia1584 – 1598

Irina Godunova1598

Boris Godunov1598 – 1605

8 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1547 – 1584 · 37 years · came to it aged 17

Came to it: inherited
Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

then killed within a year of leaving

He succeeded his father after his death, when he was three years old.

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