Maria Temryukovna

Maria Temryukovna
Tsaritsa consort of all Russia
Tenure21 August 1561 – 1 September 1569
PredecessorAnastasia Romanovna
SuccessorMarfa Sobakina
Bornc. 1545
Kabardia
Died1 September 1569
Alexandrov, Russia
Burial
SpouseIvan IV of Russia
IssueTsarevich Vasili Ivanovich
DynastyRurik (by marriage)
FatherTemryuk of Kabardia
ReligionRussian Orthodox

Maria Temryukovna (born Kucheney;[1] Russian: Мари́я Темрю́ковна; Kabardian: Гуэщэней Идар Темрыкъуэ и пхъу; c. 1545 – 1 September 1569) was the tsaritsa of all Russia from 1561 until her death as the second wife of Ivan the Terrible, the tsar of all Russia.[1]

  1. ^ a b De Madariaga 2006, p. 147.

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