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Ksenia Ivanovna Shestova

Ksenia Ivanovna Shestova

Female - 1631    Has 2 ancestors and 64 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Ksenia Ivanovna Shestova 
    Gender Female 
    Death 27 Jan 1631 
    Person ID I7724  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2009 

    Mother NN   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F291001  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Erzbischof Feodor Nikitich Romanov,   b. Abt 1550   d. 1 Oct 1633 (Age 83 years) 
    Children 
     1. Boris Fyodorovich Romanov   d. 20 Nov-30 Nov 1592
     2. Nikita Fyodorovich Romanov   d. 29 Nov-9 Dec 1593
     3. Lev Fyodorovich Romanov   d. 21 Sep-1 Oct 1597
     4. Tatiana Fyodorovna Romanov   d. 4 Nov-14 Nov 1611
    +5. Tsaar Mikhail Fodorowitsj Romanoff,   b. 23 Jul 1596, Moskva, Rossiya Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1645, Moskva, Rossiya Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     6. Ivan Fyodorovich Romanov   d. 7 Jun-17 Jun 1599
    Family ID F3473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

  • Notes 
    • The origin of Xeniya Ivanovna has been disputed by genealogists for centuries.
      It is currently accepted that her surname was Shestova rather than Shastunova, as was previously believed) and that her grandfather was Timofey Gryaznoy, a rich landowner from Uglich .
      During Boris Godunov 's repressions against the Romanovs, she was forced to take a veil, changing her name to Martha (Russian: Marfa). After several years of exile at Tolvuyskiy pogost , she settled with her son in Kostroma . It was there that the ambassadors arrived to inform Mikhail about his election to the Russian throne in 1613. As the previous tsars had been either killed or disgraced, Marfa at first opposed to bless her son and let him go to Moscow. At last she gave up and blessed him with the icon Our Lady of St. Theodore , which became the palladium of the Romanov dynasty .
      During the first years of his reign, Marfa (or the "great nun" as she came to be known) exerted great influence on her moribund and listless son. She placed her relatives, the Saltykovs, at the important posts in the government, leading to widespread corruption. The return of her husband from Poland in 1619 put an end to their (and her own) influence at court.



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