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Ivan the Terrible was born in Kolomenskoye.
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Ivan the Terrible begins his reign at the age of 3 after his father dies.
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His mother had been ruling in his name and died, possibly via poison.
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Married Anastasia Romanova, the great-aunt of the future first tsar of the Romanov dynasty.
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Ivan's first son to survive childhood was born, named Ivan.
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Ivan's second son to survive childhood was born, named Fyodor, but was physically and mentally weak.
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Ivan's wife, Anastasia Romanova, died, leaving two male heirs.
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After his first wife died, Ivan became more and more paranoid, as he proceeded to marry 7 more women, 2 of which were poisoned, 3 of them imprisoned, 2 of them had an affair, 1 one murdered, and 1 was executed. His final wife was exiled after Ivan died. (The numbers don't add up because some of the wives count for multiple of these categories.)
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In a fit of rage, Ivan beat his first son and only viable heir, Ivan, to death.
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Ivan the Terrible died while in power in Moscow, leaving his only son, Fyodor, to be Tsar of Russia.
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Ivan's last son, Fyodor, dies without a heir, ending the Rurik dynasty.
