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Ivan "Ivan the Terrible" IV was born in
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Ivan's father, Vasili III of Russia, dies. Ivan was only 3 years old when this happened.
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Ivan's mother, Elena Glinskaya, dies when Ivan is only 8 years old. The death of his mother leaves him in the care of boyars.
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After fighting for power with the boyars, when Ivan is 16 he finally seizes power and it crowned "Tsar of All Russias".
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When Ivan is 16, he marries his first wife, Anastasia Romanov.
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Ivan's wife, Anastasia, dies. Ivan suspects that the Boyars poisoned her in an attempt to try and gain power.
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Ivan suddenly left Moscow and threatened to abolish the monarchy in Russia, but the leaderless people pleaded and he came back on one condition, that he be granted absolute power.
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When Ivan beat his daughter-in-law, he got into an argument with his son Ivan Ivanovich (the daughter-in-law's husband) and killed him when he struck him on the head with his scepter.
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Ivan dies while supposedly playing chess.
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Feodor I Ivanovich, the last child of Anastasia, is left to rule. He is physically and mentally incapable to rule. He also does not produce an heir to the throne and when he dies, which puts Russia in the Times of Troubles.
