Fyodor Koshka
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Fedor Andreevich Kobylin, byname "Koshka" ("the Cat") (? - 1407) was the youngest son of Andrei Ivanovich Kobyla and progenitor of the Romanov dynasty and Sheremetev
Sheremetev
The Sheremetev family was one of the wealthiest and most influential noble families of Russia.The family held many high commanding ranks in the Russian military, governorships and eventually the rank of Count of the Russian Empire...

 family.

He was a senior boyar
Boyar
A boyar, or bolyar , was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Moscovian, Kievan Rus'ian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, and Moldavian aristocracies, second only to the ruling princes , from the 10th century through the 17th century....

 in the Duma
Duma
A Duma is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. The State Duma in the Russian Empire and Russian Federation corresponds to the lower house of the parliament. Simply it is a form of Russian governmental institution, that was formed during the reign of the...

 of Dmitri Donskoi
Dmitri Donskoi
Saint Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy , or Dmitry of the Don, sometimes referred to as Dmitry I , son of Ivan II the Meek of Moscow , reigned as the Prince of Moscow from 1359 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1363 to his death. He was the first prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol authority in...

 and his son Vasili I of Russia
Vasili I of Russia
Vasiliy I Dmitriyevich was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1389.He was the oldest son of Dmitri Donskoi and Grand Princess Eudoxia, daughter of Grand Prince Dmitry Konstantinovich of Nizhny Novgorod.-Domestic policy:...

. According to some sources, Koshka governed Moscow
Moscow
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 during Dmitry's absence in the Battle of Kulikovo
Battle of Kulikovo
The Battle of Kulikovo was a battle between Tatar Mamai and Muscovy Dmitriy and portrayed by Russian historiography as a stand-off between Russians and the Golden Horde. However, the political situation at the time was much more complicated and concerned the politics of the Northeastern Rus'...

. In 1393, he was recorded as negotiating with Novgorod for peace.

His cautionary approach towards the Tatars was praised by Edigu
Edigu
Edigu was a Mongol emir of the White Horde who founded the new political entity, which came to be known as the Nogai Horde....

 in his 1407 letter to Vasili I. It is believed that Fyodor died about that date. His daughters Anna and Akulina married a Prince of Rostov
Rostov
Rostov is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, one of the oldest in the country and a tourist center of the Golden Ring. It is located on the shores of Lake Nero, northeast of Moscow. Population:...

 and Prince of Mikulin
Mikulin
Alexander Alexandrovich Mikulin was a Soviet aircraft engine designer and chief designer in the Mikulin OKB. His achievements include the first Soviet liquid-cooled piston aircraft engine Mikulin AM-34 and the Mikulin AM-3 turbojet engine for Soviet Union's first jet airliner Tupolev Tu-104...

, while his granddaughter Maria married Yaroslav of Borovsk
Borovsk
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, father-in-law of Vasili II of Russia
Vasili II of Russia
Vasily II Vasiliyevich Tyomniy was the Grand Prince of Moscow whose long reign was plagued by the greatest civil war of Old Russian history....

. He had three sons: Ivan Fyodorovich Koshkin
Ivan Fyodorovich Koshkin
Ivan Fyodorovich Koshkin was a boyar and Voivode at the court of Vasily I and Vasily II. He was a son of Fedor Andreevich Kobylin and a progenitor of the Romanov dynasty.He had four sons:Ivan Ivanovich Koshkin,Fedor Ivanovich Koshkin,...

, Fedor Fedorovich Koshkin, and Alexander Fyodorovich Koshkin.

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