Nikita Romanovich
| Nikita Romanovich | |
|---|---|
| Died | 23 April 1586 |
| Spouse | Varvara Ivanovna Khovrina-Golovina Evdokiya Alexandrovna Gorbataya-Shuyskaya |
| Issue |
with Varvara: Anna Romanovna Euphimia Romanovna with Evdokiya: Fyodor Nikitich Romanov Marfa Romanovna Lev Romanov Mikhail Nikitich Romanov Alexander Romanov Nikifor Romanov Ivan Nikitich Romanov Uliana Romanovna Irina Romanovna Anastasiya Romanovna Vasily Romanov |
| House | Romanov |
| Father | Roman Yurievich Zakharyin-Koshkin |
| Mother | Uliana Ivanovna |
Nikita Romanovich (Russian: Никита Романович; born c. 1522 – 23 April 1586), also known as Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin-Yuriev, was a Muscovite boyar in 1563. His grandson Mikhail Feodorovich (Tsar 1613-1645) founded the Romanov dynasty of Russian tsars.
He was a son of the boyar Roman Yurievich Zakharyin-Koshkin , okolnichiy (who died on 16 February 1543, and who gave his name to the Romanov dynasty of Russian monarchs), and of Roman Yurievich's wife Uliana Ivanovna, who died in 1579. Nikita Romanovich became the brother-in-law of Ivan IV of Russia, who married his sister Anastasia Romanovna in 1547. His great-grandfather was Zakhary Ivanovich Koshkin.
Nikita Romanovich first appears in the historical record in 1547, when, on account of the tsar's wedding with Anastasia Zakharyina, he was promoted to spalnik and stolnik. He participated as a rynda (bodyguard) of the tsar in the unlucky campaigns against the Khanate of Kazan in 1547 and in 1548. Later he became the assistant to the Princes Vasily Serebryany and Andrey Nogtev-Suzdalsky with the rank of ololnichiy in the Livonian campaign of 1559.
He was granted boyar status in 1562. Four years later, following the death of his brother Daniil Romanovich, he became the governor of Tver. He commanded detachments of the Muscovite army during the winter campaign of 1572 in Novgorod and against Sweden. He also took part in the Livonian campaigns of 1573 and 1577.
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