Feodor I of Russia

Feodor I Фёдор I Иванович
Engraving of Feodor, 1580s
Tsar of all Russia
Reign	28 March 1584 – 17 January 1598
Coronation	31 May 1584
Predecessor	Ivan IV
Successor	Boris Godunov Irina Godunova (disputed)
Born	(1557-05-31)31 May 1557 Moscow, Russia
Died	17 January 1598(1598-01-17) (aged 40) Moscow, Russia
Burial	Archangel Cathedral, Kremlin
Spouse	Irina Feodorovna Godunova
Issue	Tsarevna Feodosia Feodorovna of Russia
Names Feodor Ivanovich
Dynasty	Rurik
Father	Ivan IV of Russia
Mother	Anastasia Romanovna
Religion	Russian Orthodox

Fyodor I Ivanovich (Russian: Фёдор I Иванович) or Feodor I Ioannovich (Феодор I Иоаннович; 31 May 1557 – 17 January 1598), nicknamed the Blessed (Блаженный), was Tsar of all Russia from 1584 until his death in 1598.

Feodor's mother died when he was three, and he grew up in the shadow of his father, Ivan the Terrible. A pious man of retiring disposition, Feodor took little interest in politics, and the country was effectively administered in his name by Boris Godunov, the brother of his beloved wife Irina. His childless death marked the end of the Rurik dynasty, and spurred Russia's descent into the catastrophic Time of Troubles.

He is listed in the "Great Synaxaristes" of the Orthodox Church, with his feast day on January 7 (OS).^[1]