Feodor II of Russia
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Feodor II Borisovich Godunov (Russian: Фёдор II Борисович Годунов, romanized: Fyodor II Borisovich Godunov; 1589 – 20 June [O.S. 10 June] 1605) was Tsar of all Russia from April to June 1605, at the beginning of the Time of Troubles.
Life
Fyodor II was born in
Physically robust and passionately beloved by his father, he received the best education available at that time, and from childhood was initiated into all the minutiae of government, besides sitting regularly in the council and receiving the foreign envoys. He seems also to have been remarkably and precociously intelligent, creating a map of Russia, which is still preserved.[1][2] It was edited with some additions by Hessel Gerritsz in Amsterdam, in 1613, and had been reedited until 1665.
On the sudden death of Boris the sixteen-year-old was proclaimed tsar (13 April 1605). Though his father had taken the precaution to surround him with powerful friends, he lived from the first moment of his reign in an atmosphere of treachery. On 11 June (N. S.) 1605 the envoys of
On June 10 or 20, Feodor was strangled in his apartment, together with his mother. Officially, he was declared to have been poisoned, but the Swedish diplomat Peter Petreius stated that the bodies, which had been on public display, showed traces of a violent struggle.[3] Although aged 16, Feodor was known to be physically strong and agile, and it took four men to overpower him.[4]
See also
- Bibliography of Russian history (1223–1613)
- Tsars of Russia family tree
References
- ^ a b c Bain 1911.
- ^ Картографирование Сибири Archived 2006-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Peter Petreius de Erlesund: Historien und Bericht von dem Groszfürstentumb Muschkow, Leipzig, 1630
- ISBN 0-87569-046-7
Attribution:
- public domain: Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Theodore s.v. Theodore II.". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 765. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the