Nikita Romanovich
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Nikita Romanovich (died 23 April 1586), also known as Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin-Yuriev, was a Muscovite
Boyar
in 1563 whose grandson Mikhail Feodorovich founded the Romanov
dynasty of Russian tsar
s. He was son of the Boyar
Roman Yurievich Zakharyin-Yuriev, Okolnichi, who died on 16 February 1543, who gave his name to the Romanov Dynasty of Russian monarchs, and wife Uliana Ivanovna, who died in 1579, and the brother-in-law of Ivan IV of Russia
, who had married his sister Anastasia Romanovna
.
Nikita Romanovich is first recorded in 1547, when, on account of the tsar's wedding with Anastasia Zakharyina
, he was promoted to spalnik and stolnik
. He participated as a rynda
(bodyguard) of the tsar in the unlucky campaigns against the Khanate of Kazan
in 1547 and 1548. Later, he was the assistant to the Princes Vasily Serebryany and Andrey Nogtev-Suzdalsky with the rank of okolnichy
in the Livonian campaign
of 1559.
He was granted a boyar
dignity in 1562. Four years later, following the death of his brother Daniil Romanovich, he became the governor of Tver
. He commanded detachments of the Muscovite army during the winter campaign of 1572 in Novgorod and against Sweden
. He also took part in the Livonian campaigns of 1573 and 1577.
On his deathbed Ivan the Terrible left his two sons, Fyodor
and Dmitry, to the care of trusted associates. Until the illness incapacitated him in late 1584, Nikita Romanovich led the regency, as the only uncle of the young tsar
. He died on 23 April 1586 and was buried in the Novospassky Monastery
.
He married twice, to Varvara Ivanovna Khovrina (d. 18 June 1556) and to Princess Evdokia Alexandrovna Gorbataia-Schuiskaya (d. 4 April 1581), a sixth cousin of the future Vasili IV.
His children by first marriage were:
His children by second marriage were:
Muscovite
Muscovite is a phyllosilicate mineral of aluminium and potassium with formula KAl22, or 236. It has a highly-perfect basal cleavage yielding remarkably-thin laminæ which are often highly elastic...
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 1563 whose grandson Mikhail Feodorovich founded the Romanov
Romanov
The House of Romanov was the second and last imperial dynasty to rule over Russia, reigning from 1613 until the February Revolution abolished the crown in 1917...
dynasty of Russian tsar
Tsar
Tsar is a title used to designate certain European Slavic monarchs or supreme rulers. As a system of government in the Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire, it is known as Tsarist autocracy, or Tsarism...
s. He was son of the 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....
Roman Yurievich Zakharyin-Yuriev, Okolnichi, who died on 16 February 1543, who gave his name to the Romanov Dynasty of Russian monarchs, and wife Uliana Ivanovna, who died in 1579, and the brother-in-law of Ivan IV of Russia
Ivan IV of Russia
Ivan IV Vasilyevich , known in English as Ivan the Terrible , was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 until his death. His long reign saw the conquest of the Khanates of Kazan, Astrakhan, and Siberia, transforming Russia into a multiethnic and multiconfessional state spanning almost one billion acres,...
, who had married his sister Anastasia Romanovna
Anastasia Romanovna
Anastasia Romanovna Zakharyina-Yurieva was the first wife of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible and the first Russian tsarina...
.
Nikita Romanovich is first recorded in 1547, when, on account of the tsar's wedding with Anastasia Zakharyina
Anastasia Romanovna
Anastasia Romanovna Zakharyina-Yurieva was the first wife of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible and the first Russian tsarina...
, he was promoted to spalnik and stolnik
Stolnik
Stolnik was a court office in Poland and Muscovy, responsible for serving the royal table.- Stolnik in Crown of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania : In Crown of Poland under the first Piast dukes and kings, this was a court office....
. He participated as a rynda
Rynda
Rynda was a bodyguard of Russian grand princes and tsars in 16-17th centuries. They were selected from young men of noble origin. They were not court officials and were not paid for the service.The position was abolished by reforms of Peter the Great in 1698....
(bodyguard) of the tsar in the unlucky campaigns against the Khanate of Kazan
Khanate of Kazan
The Khanate of Kazan was a medieval Tatar state which occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552. Its khans were the patrilineal descendants of Toqa Temür, the thirteenth son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. The khanate covered contemporary Tatarstan, Mari El,...
in 1547 and 1548. Later, he was the assistant to the Princes Vasily Serebryany and Andrey Nogtev-Suzdalsky with the rank of okolnichy
Okolnichy
Okolnichy was an old rank and a position at the court of Moscow rulers from the Mongol invasion of Rus' until the government reform undertaken by Peter the Great...
in the Livonian campaign
Livonian War
The Livonian War was fought for control of Old Livonia in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia when the Tsardom of Russia faced a varying coalition of Denmark–Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Union of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland.During the period 1558–1578,...
of 1559.
He was granted a 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....
dignity in 1562. Four years later, following the death of his brother Daniil Romanovich, he became the governor of Tver
Tver
Tver is a city and the administrative center of Tver Oblast, Russia. Population: 403,726 ; 408,903 ;...
. He commanded detachments of the Muscovite army during the winter campaign of 1572 in Novgorod and against Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. He also took part in the Livonian campaigns of 1573 and 1577.
On his deathbed Ivan the Terrible left his two sons, Fyodor
Feodor I of Russia
Fyodor I Ivanovich 1598) was the last Rurikid Tsar of Russia , son of Ivan IV and Anastasia Romanovna. In English he is sometimes called Feodor the Bellringer in consequence of his strong faith and inclination to travel the land and ring the bells at churches. However, in Russian the name...
and Dmitry, to the care of trusted associates. Until the illness incapacitated him in late 1584, Nikita Romanovich led the regency, as the only uncle of the young tsar
Feodor I of Russia
Fyodor I Ivanovich 1598) was the last Rurikid Tsar of Russia , son of Ivan IV and Anastasia Romanovna. In English he is sometimes called Feodor the Bellringer in consequence of his strong faith and inclination to travel the land and ring the bells at churches. However, in Russian the name...
. He died on 23 April 1586 and was buried in the Novospassky Monastery
Novospassky Monastery
Novospassky Monastery is one of the fortified monasteries surrounding Moscow from south-east.It was the first monastery to be founded in Moscow in the early 14th century. The Saviour Church was its original katholikon...
.
He married twice, to Varvara Ivanovna Khovrina (d. 18 June 1556) and to Princess Evdokia Alexandrovna Gorbataia-Schuiskaya (d. 4 April 1581), a sixth cousin of the future Vasili IV.
His children by first marriage were:
- Fyodor Nikitich Romanov
- Anna (d. 1585), married to Prince Ivan Fyodorovich Troyekurov (d. 29 May 1621)
- Euphimia (d. murdered 23 March 1602), married to Prince Ivan Vasilievich Sitski (d. Kozheozero Monastery, 23 March 1608)
His children by second marriage were:
- Mikhail (d. NyrobNyrobNyrob is an urban locality in Cherdynsky District of Perm Krai, Russia. Population: Nyrob is connected with the town of Cherdyn by a long paved road.-Etymilogy:...
, 18 March 1605), Okolnichi - Alexander (d. murdered in Usolie-Lud 15 March 1605), BoyarBoyarA 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....
(1599), married firstly to Princess Eudoxia Ivanovna Galitsyna (d. 1 August 1597) and secondly to Juliana Semyonovna Pogozhaya (d. 1622), without issue - Vasily (d. PelymPelymPelym is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.Urban localities*Pelym, Ivdel, Sverdlovsk Oblast, a work settlement under the administrative jurisdiction of the city of Ivdel, Sverdlovsk OblastRural localities...
, 15 February 1601) - Ivan "Kascha"Ivan RomanovIvan Nikitich Romanov, Russian Иван Никитич Романов was a son of Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin from his second wife, a junior half-brother of Feodor Nikitich Romanov and an uncle of the first Tsar from the Romanov dynasty, Mikhail Fedorovich.- Life :In the election campaign of 1613 he was named one...
(d. 1640), BoyarBoyarA 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....
(1605), married to Princess Uliana Fyodorovna Litvinova-Massalaskaya (d. 1650), and had:- NikitaNikita RomanovNikita Ivanovich Romanov was a son of Ivan Romanov and a cousin of Tsar Michael. He was the last Romanov of an unroyal line.-Life:...
(c. 1607 – 21 December 1654), BoyarBoyarA 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....
1645 - Andrey (d. 25 April 1609)
- Dmitry (d. 4 November 1611)
- Irina (d. 10 September 1615)
- Praskovia (d. 25 October 1622)
- Ivan (d. 30 July 1625)
- Nikita
- Uliana (d. 1565)
- Marfa (d. 1610), married to Prince Boris Kambulatovich Tcherkassky (d. 22 April 1601)
- Irina (d. 6 June 1636), married in 1602 to Ivan Ivanovich Godunov (d. drowned 1610), Okolnichi (1603), a second cousin of Boris GodunovBoris GodunovBoris Fyodorovich Godunov was de facto regent of Russia from c. 1585 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. The end of his reign saw Russia descend into the Time of Troubles.-Early years:...
, and had:- Pyotr, StewardSteward (office)A steward is an official who is appointed by the legal ruling monarch to represent him or her in a country, and may have a mandate to govern it in his or her name; in the latter case, it roughly corresponds with the position of governor or deputy...
, who married and had:- Grigory, StewardSteward (office)A steward is an official who is appointed by the legal ruling monarch to represent him or her in a country, and may have a mandate to govern it in his or her name; in the latter case, it roughly corresponds with the position of governor or deputy...
(1678), married to Marfa Afanasievna, without issue
- Grigory, Steward
- Pyotr, Steward