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Ivan V was the twelfth child and fifth son of Alexis Mikhailovich and Maria Miloslavskaya. He was born in Moscow on 27 August 1666. All his life, he had poor health. He suffered from scurvy, dizzy at...
Feodor II was the ninth child and third son of Alexis Mikhailovich and Maria Miloslavskaya. He was born in Moscow on 30 May 1661 and crowned in the Dormition Cathedral on 18 June 1676. Educated by a ...
Alexis Mikhailovich was the third child and eldest son of Michael Romanov and Eudoxia Streshneva. He was born in Moscow on 9 March 1629 and baptised by Patriarch Philaret. Until the age of five, he w...
On 21 February 1613, representatives of the different classes gathered at the Dormition Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin to elect a new autocrat. They unanimously voted to offer the throne to Michael ...