Tsarevich Ivan Dmitriyevich
| Ivan Dmitriyevich | |
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| Born | 5 January [O.S. 26 December 1610] 1611 Kaluga, Kaluga Oblast, Tsardom of Russia |
| Died | 16 July [O.S. 6 July] 1614 (aged 3) Moscow, Tsardom of Russia |
| Regnal name claimed | Ivan V of Russia |
| Title(s) | Tsarevich of Russia (would later have been Tsar of Russia) |
| Throne(s) claimed | Tsardom of Russia |
| Monarchy abolished | December 1610 |
| Last monarch | False Dmitry II |
| Connection with | son |
| Royal House | Rurik (father was an usurper) |
| Father | False Dmitry II |
| Mother | Marina Mniszech |
"Tsarevich" Ivan Dmitriyevich (5 January [O.S. 26 December 1610] 1611 – 16 July [O.S. 6 July] 1614) was the only son of False Dmitry II of Russia and his wife Marina Mniszech, daughter of Polish Voivode Jerzy Mniszech and his wife Jadwiga Tarło. He was a claimant to the throne of the Tsardom of Russia until his death at the age of not quite four, in December 1614. He was killed right after his step-father, Ivan Zarutsky.
In November 1605, Marina Mniszech married False Dmitry I, Tsar of Russia and thus became Tsarita consort of All Russia. However, this lasted less than a year. On 17 May 1606, conspirators who opposed Dmitri and his policy of close cooperation with Poland, broke into the Moscow Kremlin. Dmitry attempted to escape out a window, but he broke his leg while climbing out. He was immediately spotted by a plotter and he was shot on the spot. After the death of False Dmitry I, Marina was spared her life – after she had rejected her royal title – and sent back to Poland in July 1608. However, her father Jerzy Mniszech didn't give up on his plan to become father-in-law of the Tsar. Exiled to Yaroslavl, he searched for a way to regain his favours. With his help, Marina turned up in Tushino, where she would secretly marry another impostor, False Dmitry II after "recognizing" her miraculously "salvaged" husband in him, even though they looked absolutely nothing alike and it was impossible for Dmitry I to have been saved, as his body had been put for display after his murder. Polish hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski wrote in his memoirs that the only two things False Dmitris I and II had in common was that they were both human and usurpers. This marriage would soon share the same fate as her previous one, as Dmitry II was killed by a tatai prince, Peter Urusov.
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