Fyodor II (Russia)

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Tsar Fyodor II. Illumination from the early 17th century

. Fyodor Borisovich Godunov II ( russian . Фёдор II Борисович Годунов * 1589 in Moscow ; † June 10 . Jul / 20th June  1605 greg. In Moscow) was from April to June 1605 temporarily Tsar and Grand Duke of Russia .

Career

Fyodor II Borissowitsch Godunow was born in Moscow in 1589 as the second child and only son of Tsar Boris Godunow and his wife Maria Grigoryevna Skuratowa-Belskaya. From an early age, Fyodor was brought up by foreign teachers whom his father invited to Moscow especially for this purpose. According to the historian Karamsin (1766–1826), at the age of 15 to 16 he was said to have repeatedly impressed the court with his ingenuity and judgment.

The map of Fyodor Borisovich

Fyodor Borisovich also went down in the history of Russian cartography. Under his leadership (he was still tsarevich ) what was actually the first map of Russia was drawn up. Before that, there were only prototypes of maps of Russia made by foreign cartographers. The map was printed in Amsterdam in 1613.

Domination

Fyodor was introduced to state affairs early on by his father. At the age of eight he attended his first big reception. Three days after the death of his father, Fyodor took the oath of the throne as the legal heir to the throne (in the presence of his sister Xenia and his mother). A reign or rule cannot be clearly assumed; it was also partially interrupted by arrests. He ascended on April 13, 1605 the throne and his subjects took off allegiance, he was not the Tsar of Russia crowned .

Treason and death

On June 1, instigated by supporters of Pseudodimitri , the Muscovites, with the tolerance of the boyar government, arrested Fyodor II, his mother and sister Xenia in the Kremlin ; Pseudodimitri was proclaimed the new tsar under the name Dimitri Ivanowitsch (Dimitri I).

Shortly before he moved into Moscow, the deposed Tsar and his mother were strangled in their Kremlin apartment. According to some sources, Dimitri made the murder of the Godunovs a condition for his entry into the capital. Fyodor, a strong and persistent young man, apparently offered so much resistance to the killers that four men could hardly overcome him.

It was officially declared that Fyodor and his mother had poisoned themselves. According to reports from eyewitnesses, however, their bodies, which were put on public display, showed traces of fighting and violent death (see also the ending of Pushkin's drama Boris Godunov ).

The Tsar's daughter Xenia was abused by Dimitri and later sent to the monastery.

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  1. ↑ Peter Petreius de Erlesund: Historien and report from the Grand Duchy of Muschkow , Leipzig, 1630
  2. ^ RG Skrynnikow: Boris Godunow , Nauka-Verlag, Moscow 1978
predecessor Office successor
Boris Godunov Tsar of Russia
1605 		Dimitri I.
personal data
SURNAME Fyodor II
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Фёдор II Бори́сович Годуно́в; Godunow, Fyodor Borissowitsch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian tsar
DATE OF BIRTH 1589
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1605
Place of death Moscow