Ivan the terrible Free Essay, Term Paper and Book Report
Ivan IV was the first of two children of Basil III, who had been attempting for many years
without success to have a son. Basil divorced his first wife, Solomonia Saburova (which
he had picked, by royal custom, personally out of 1,500 virgins) due to her inability to
bear him a child. Basil then quickly remarried to a princess of royal Mongolian descent
on January 21, 1526. This woman was Elena Glinskaya who became the mother of
Ivan.
Ivan came into a world of terror on the evening of August 25, 1530. Two years
preceding this (1532) Ivan's deaf-mute brother, Fyodor, was born. Nearly a year after
this Ivan's father died when he was only three. Basil had died due to a small, little
pimple on his thigh that had developed into a deadly sore. Basil requested at his
deathbed that his son Ivan would become the ruler of Russia when he became a man
at age 15.
Once Basil died the boyars (members of the Russian aristocracy next in rank
below the ruling prince) took over Russia, denying Ivan's right to the throne. Ivan's
mother then with other trusted boyars took over the rulin......
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