False Dmitry I

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False Dmitry I was a pretender to the Russian throne who briefly ruled as tsar from 1605 to 1606 during the Time of Troubles before being overthrown and killed.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tsar of Russia
historical figure
pretender to the throne
alsoKnownAs Dmitry the Impostor
Lzhedmitry I
Pseudodemetrius I
associatedWithEvent Time of Troubles
bodyMistreated corpse burned and ashes fired from a cannon
cameToPowerBy overthrow of Tsar Boris Godunov’s dynasty
capitalDuringReign Moscow
causeOfDownfall boyar resentment of foreign influence
widespread doubts about his true identity
claimedIdentity Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich
claimedParent Ivan IV the Terrible
Maria Nagaya
coronationPlace Dormition Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin
coronationYear 1605
countryOfRule Tsardom of Russia
deathCause assassination
deathDate 1606-05-17
deathPlace Moscow
era early 17th century
historicalDebate true origin and identity remain uncertain
linkedTo Polish intervention in Russia
dynastic crisis after the death of Feodor I
notableFor being the first and most successful of the False Dmitrys
opposedBy Patriarch Hermogenes
Russian boyars
Vasily Shuisky
overthrownBy boyar coup
supporters of Vasily Shuisky
placeOfBurial Moscow
policy favored Polish and foreign advisers at court
promised concessions to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
showed relative tolerance toward Roman Catholicism
predecessor Feodor II of Russia
reignEnd 1606
reignStart 1605
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
spouse Marina Mniszech
succeededTitle Tsar and Grand Prince of all Rus’
successor Vasily IV of Russia
supportedBy Jerzy Mniszech
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth nobles
Polish–Lithuanian magnates
some Jesuit missionaries


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