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Ivan was born in Russia
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Very shortly after Ivan's father died, 3 year old Ivan was named the prince of Moscow. This caused lots of political crisis and changed Ivan's life forever.
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Ivan's mother died from being poisoned. The death of both of his parents led many nobles to fight for the power Ivan had. This created a very hard childhood for Ivan, as his things were stolen and he was a young child in charge of an entire country.
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Ivan married Anastasiya Romanova, the great aunt of the future Tsar of the Roman Dynasty.
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Ivan is crowned as the Tsar and Prince of Russia. He now had full control over everything that happened and overcame the nobles.
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Anastasiya died and they only had 2 male heirs of the throne. This effected Ivan greatly and made him very sad.
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Ivan married even more women. He married five wives in succession over 9 years.
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Ivan took a break and stepped down from the throne for a year while Simeon Bekbulatovich took his place.
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Ivan Murdered his son Ivan which sparked the time of troubles or political Crisis in Russia. He had murdered his only heir to the throne.
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Ivan died in Moscow after living for 54 years and making a huge difference in Russia and other countries around the world. He left his country more civilized and advanced politically and culturally than it had been before.
