Ivan (John) Mikhailovich ( June 2 [15], 1633 - January 10 [23], 1639 ) - Tsarevich , son of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich from Tsarina Evdokia Lukyanovna Streshneva [1] . He was the second in succession after the elder brother Alexei Mikhailovich .
| Ivan Mikhailovich | ||||
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 Icon "John of Belgorod and Tsarevich Ivan Mikhailovich." The Tsarevich, who died in childhood, is depicted by growth on a par with an adult saint. | ||||
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| Birth | July 2 (15), 1633 | |||
| Death | January 10 (23) 1639 (5 years) | |||
| Burial place | Arkhangelsk Cathedral (Moscow) | |||
| Kind | The Romanovs | |||
| Father | Mikhail Fedorovich | |||
| Mother | Evdokia Lukyanovna Streshneva | |||
| Spouse | no | |||
| Children | no | |||
Biography
Baptized in honor of St. John of New Belgorod. In 1635, the chapel of the Tsarevich’s patron was dedicated to the chapel of the Moscow Church of the Grebnevskaya Icon of the Mother of God [2] (not preserved); in honor of John Belogradsky [3] the chapel of the Verkhospassky Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin was consecrated (subsequently re-blessed in honor of John the Baptist , patron of Ivan V ), an icon is stored in the Archangel Cathedral in the setting “John Belgorod and the Righteous Tsarevich John Mikhailovich” [4] .
The boyar Gleb Ivanovich Morozov , the brother of the future “temporary worker” under Alexei Mikhailovich Boris Ivanovich Morozov and the husband of the famous activist of the Old Believer boyar Morozova (Fedosya Prokopyevna Sokovnina) were appointed Ivan’s teacher.
For a two-year-old prince, a rich cradle was made in 1635 : “The cradle is lined with gold satin on wormy ground, it is not large, it has lazore silk in colors, white (...). At the cradle there are four rings in long trees, and the breaks are granted (loops) silver-gilded ”. In 1635, Prince Lvov presented the prince with an amber cup [5] .
Tsarevich Ivan Mikhailovich died at the age of 5 years, is buried in the Archangel Cathedral . Tsarevich became the first representative of the Romanov dynasty buried in this Kremlin tomb. The burial is located in the same grave with his brother Vasily Mikhailovich who was born and died in the same year near the southeast pillar of the cathedral, the tombstone is decorated with two plates with epitaphs.
The epitaph of Ivan reads: “Summer 7147 on 10 January commemorates the saints of our father Grigory archbishop of Nizskago, the sovereign tsar and Grand Duke Mikhail Fedorovich all Russia son of the noble prince Prince Ivan Mikhailovich of all Russia on Thursday night [ 13 Wednesday ] 6] .
In the Solemn from the collection of Prince. At the end of M. A. Obolensky there is a cursive written about the death of the Tsarevich [7] with details indicating this. that the author was a witness to the event. Apparently, he was a probable manuscript customer - the stolnik S. S. Khrushchev, who was on duty at the tomb of the prince.
A rich embroidered with pearls and decorated with 51 gold shotguns depicting black mobile cover on the tsarevich’s coffin, made by the denominator Ivan Gomulin [8], has survived. The selection of plots on the cover images is associated with the patron saints of the Tsarevich and his relatives, the dates of his birth and death, and other events. This was the first tombstone made for the Romanovs [9] .
Duty at the grave of the "little princes" Ivan and Vasily Mikhailovich, the first Romanovs in the Archangel Cathedral, was the duty of high court ranks (sometimes two different duty officers were assigned to two tombs), in 1639, Prince Alexei Yuryevich Zvenigorodsky, prince "spent days and nights sleeping" at the tomb Simeon Romanovich Pozharsky, then the stolnik Semyon Stepanovich Khrushchev, in 1643 - the future governor and patriarch stolnik A.S. Volynsky .
Notes
- ↑ John Mikhailovich (Tsarevich) // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- ↑ Church of the Grebnevskaya Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow on the site pravoslavie.ru
- ↑ CHAPTER I / The household life of Russian tsars in the Xvi and Xvii centuries. Book one
- ↑ “Relics of the royal tomb. The First Romanovs
- ↑ Amber Treasures of the Kings
- ↑ Panova T.D. Necropolises of the Moscow Kremlin . ed. 2nd, rev. and add. . Russist (2003). Date of treatment March 27, 2011. Archived July 6, 2012.
- ↑ Yu. D. Rykov. Collection of manuscript books of the Moscow joint-stock company Antikvar (inaccessible link)
- ↑ V. G. Pucko. Tombstone of the massacre of E.V. Saltykova 1686 (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment June 16, 2007. Archived September 27, 2007.
- ↑ Fabric sacristy of the Archangel's Cathedral Archival copy of June 10, 2015 on the Wayback Machine