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Feodor I of Russia
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| Feodor I Feodor the Bellringer |
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| Tsar of all Russia | |
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| Reign | 18 March 1584 - 6/7 January, 1598 |
| Coronation | 31 May 1584 |
| Born | 31 May 1557 |
| Moscow | |
| Died | 6/7 January, 1598 (aged 40) |
| Moscow | |
| Predecessor | Ivan IV |
| Successor | Boris |
| Wife/wives | Irene Godunova |
| Dynasty | Rurik |
| Father | Ivan IV |
| Mother | Anastasia Romanovna |
Fyodor I Ivanovich (Russian: Фёдор I Иоаннович) (May 31, 1557 - January 6/7, 1598) was the last Rurikid Tsar of Russia (1584 - 1598), son of Ivan the Terrible and Anastasia Romanovna. He is known as Feodor the Bellringer in consequence of his inclination to travel the land and ring the bells at churches. He was born in Moscow and crowned Czar and Autocrat of all Russia at Assumption Cathedral, Moscow, on May 31, 1584.
Feodor, reputedly mentally retarded, took little interest in politics. He was of pious character and spent most of his time in prayers. Having inherited a land devastated by the excesses of his father, Ivan the Terrible, he left the task of governing the country to his able brother-in-law, Boris Godunov.
He married in 1580 Irina (Alexandra) Feodorovna Godunova (1557 – October 26/November 23, 1603), sister of Boris Godunov. When their only daughter Feodosia, born in 1592, died in infancy in 1594, the tsar approached a state of mental breakdown. His failure to procreate brought an end to the centuries-old Rurik dynasty and led Russia into the Time of Troubles. He died in Moscow and was buried at Archangel Cathedral, Kremlin.
| Preceded by Ivan IV |
Tsar of Russia 1584–1598 |
Succeeded by Boris Godunov |