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While Anastasia was on her deathbed, legend has it that she told Ivan that no matter what, he shouldn’t marry a pagan. Not long after Anastasia’s death, Ivan began looking for a new wife. The next beautiful woman he found was Maria Temryukovna. Maria would have been considered a pagan, but Tsar Ivan didn’t care. She was so beautiful, so he had to m...

Once again, the search for a new wife commenced. In 1571, out of many women he was shown, the Tsar chose Marfa, the daughter of a merchant. After only a few days, Marfa fell ill and died, again of poisoning. It’s likely Ivan wasn’t behind it this time. It’s also possible that Marfa died because her mother, or someone close to her, gave her a fertil...

Very soon after Marfa’s death, Ivan began looking for a wife — again. The Russian Orthodox Church basically said that 3 is enough, if you marry again, it’s impious. Ivan, always ready to remarry, said that he had never consummated his marriage with Marfa, and therefore the marriage was invalid. That conveniently meant that Ivan could marry for the ...

Once again, without the church’s permission, Ivan married another Anna — Anna Vasilchikovna. What do we know about this Anna? Well, nothing much. In 1575, she married the Tsar but met the same fate as Ivan’s fourth wife, being sent to a convent in 1577. We don’t know exactly why. Anna was later murdered brutally while imprisoned, possibly (and by t...

Vasilisa is probably Ivan’s most famous wife. Why? Because her end is the most intriguing. She was the widow of a Prince, and somehow, became Ivan’s sixth wife. Vasilisa was a gentle and beautiful woman, whom Ivan was smitten with on the spot. If she was his wife, they would’ve married around 1579. If. She might not have been a wife of Ivan, but on...

Maria might have been completely fictional. If she wasn’t, she would’ve been a descendant of Prince Yuri of Kiev, one of the men who helped found Moscow. That connection would likely have been why she was chosen. They married sometime in 1580. The marriage turned out to be yet another failure, and Ivan soon discovered that Maria was having an affai...

Just the way Henry VIII preferred Catherines and married three of them, Ivan the Terrible seems to have liked Marias and married three of them as well. This next unlucky Maria, if you’ve been counting, was the 8th and last of Ivan’s wives. He married Maria Nagaya in 1581 when he was 51 years old. The two didn’t like each other, and Ivan even began ...

Tsar Ivan had a few children with his many wives as well: Anastasia Romanovna 1. Anna Ivanovna (1548– 1550) 2. Maria Ivanovna (died in childhood) 3. Dmitri Ivanovich(1552– 1553) 4. Ivan Ivanovich (1554 – 1581) 5. Eudoxia Ivanovna (1556– 1558) 6. Tsar Feodor I (1557– 1598) Maria Temryukovna 1. Vasili Ivanovich (1563) Maria Nagaya 1. Dmitri Ivanovich...