Anastasia Romanova (d. 1560)

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Anastasia Romanova (d. 1560)

Russian empress. Name variations: Romanovna. Died on August 7, 1560; daughter of Roman Yurievich, a non-titled landowner (d. 1543) and Juliane Feodorovna (d. 1550); sister of Nikita Romanov (d. 1586); became first wife of Ivan IV (1530–1584), tsar of Russia (r. 1533–1584), on February 3, 1547; children: Anna (1548–1550); Dmitri (b. 1552, drowned in 1553); Maria (1551–1554); Ivan Ivanovich (b. 1554, killed by his father in 1581); Eudoxia (1556–1558); Fyodor also known as Theodore I (1557–1598), tsar of Russia (r. 1584–1598).

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