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Ivan was born in Kolomenskoye Russia.
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Grand Prince Vasily III of Moscow, Ivan's dad died
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Yelena Glinskaya, Ivan's mother had died, supposedly from poison.
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Ivan got married to Anastasia Romanovna, his first wife
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Ivan's and Anastasia's son, Ivan was born
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Ivan's and Anastasia's son, Feodor was born.
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Ivan's first wife, Anastasia Romanovna died from illness. Suspecting the boyars to have poisoned her, Ivan fell into depression and became rageful, paranoid, and unpredictable.
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Ivan got married to his second wife, Maria Temryukovna daughter of a Muslim prince. Died 1569 from poison.
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Ivan got married for the third time to Marfa Sobakina. Marfa died that year from poisoning (possibly by her mother). Ivans paranoia kicked in and he started executing people in suspicion of her death
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Ivan got married for the fourth time to Anna Koltovskaya, without the church's blessing because it was illegal for him to marry four times. Ivan was impatient with Anna's infertility, so in 1574 he threw her in prison.
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Ivan got married for the fifth time to Anna Vasilchikova. Was sent to prison and murdered in 1577
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Ivan got married for the sixth time to Vasilisa Melentyeva. After a few months of being married, Ivan caught Vasilisa having an affair with another prince. He sent her to prison after forcing her to watch the prince being executed.
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Ivan got married for the seventh time to Maria Dolgorukaya. The same as his last wife, Ivan caught Maria having an affair. He executed her by drowning.
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Ivan beat his pregnant daughter in law, causing a miscarriage.
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For the last time, Ivan married his eighth wife Maria Nagaya. As some of the other wives, Maria was sent to prison. Maria outlived Ivan, and was released from prison after his death in 1584
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In a fit of rage, Ivan killed his first son, Ivan. His first son, Ivan, was his only viable child to rule Russia.
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Ivan died from a stroke, leaving Russia to his son Feodor.
