Maria Dolgorukaya

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Maria Dolgorukaya
Tsaritsa of All Russia
Tenure 1580
Spouse Ivan IV of Russia
House Dolgorukov
Died c. 1580 =
Burial Ascension Convent, Kolomenskoye
Archangel Cathedral, Kremlin (1929)

Maria Dolgorukaya (died 1580) was a tsaritsa of Russia as the seventh wife of Ivan IV ("the Terrible") of Russia. She did not bear the tsar any child and was found out to have a lover. The tsar had her drowned.


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    Russian royalty
    Vacant
    Title last held by
    Vasilisa Melentyeva
    Tsaritsa of All Russia
    1580
    Vacant
    Title next held by
    Maria Nagaya
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