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Michael

tsar of Russia
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Also known as: Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov
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Russian in full:
Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov
Born:
July 22 [July 12, Old Style], 1596
Died:
July 23 [July 13, Old Style], 1645, Moscow (aged 49)
Title / Office:
tsar (1613-1645), Russia
Founder:
Romanov dynasty
House / Dynasty:
Romanov dynasty
Notable Family Members:
father Philaret
son Alexis
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Michael (born July 22 [July 12, Old Style], 1596—died July 23 [July 13, Old Style], 1645, Moscow) was the tsar of Russia from 1613 to 1645 and founder of the Romanov dynasty, which ruled Russia until 1917. Son of Fyodor Nikitich Romanov (later the Orthodox patriarch Philaret), Michael was related to the last tsar of the Rurik dynasty, Fyodor I (reigned 1584–98) through his grandfather Nikita Romanov, who was Fyodor’s maternal uncle. When the zemsky sobor (assembly of the land) met in 1613 to elect a new tsar after the Time of Troubles—a period of chaotic internal disorders, foreign invasions, ...(100 of 347 words)

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