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MICHAEL ROMANOV
Born in Russia in 1596, Died 1645. Ruled 1613–1645 Significance: founder of the Romanov dynasty that ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917. Son of Fedor Nikitch Romanov Elected on February 21, 1613, by the boyars after a successful revolt against the Poles, he brought an end to the Time of Troubles that had plagued Russia since the death of Boris Godunov in 1605. He concluded peace with Sweden (1617) and Poland (1618).
Tsar Mikhail suffered from a progressing leg injury (a consequence of a horse accident early in his life), which resulted in his not being able to walk towards the end of his life. He was a gentle and pious prince who gave little trouble to anyone and effaced himself behind his counsellors. Sometimes they were relatively honest and capable men like his father; sometimes they were corrupted and bigoted, like the Saltykov relatives of his mother. He was married twice, first to Princess Maria Vladimirovna Dolgorukova (1624) who died four months after the marriage, and then to Eudoxia Streshneva (1608–45), who brought him 10 children. Michael's failure to wed his daughter Irene with Prince Waldemar of Denmark, in consequence of the refusal of the latter to accept Orthodoxy, so deeply afflicted him as to contribute to bringing about his death on July 12, 1645.
His 10 Children: 1.Tsarevna Irina 2.Tsarevna Pelagia 3.Tsarevich Alexei 4.Tsarevna Anna 5.Tsarevna Marfa 6.Tsarevich Ivan 7.Tsarevna Sophia 8.Tsarevna Tatiana 9.Tsarevna Eudoxia 10.Tsarevich Vasili
Eudoxia Streshneva
CREDITS: *http://www.allbiographies.com/biography-MichaelRomanov-21270.html *http://www.atrifleofthis.com/images/Michael_Romanov.jpg *http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Michael-I-of-Russia *http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Streshneva.jpeg/250px-Streshneva.jpeg
