Maria Temryukovna | |
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Tsaritsa consort of all Russia | |
Tenure | 21 August 1561 – 1 September 1569 |
Predecessor | Anastasia Romanovna |
Successor | Marfa Sobakina |
Born | c. 1545 Kabardia |
Died | 1 September 1569 Alexandrov, Russia |
Burial | |
Spouse | Ivan IV of Russia |
Issue | Tsarevich Vasili Ivanovich |
Dynasty | Rurik (by marriage) |
Father | Temryuk of Kabardia |
Religion | Russian Orthodox |
Maria Temryukovna (born Kucheney;[1] Russian: Мари́я Темрю́ковна; Kabardian: Гуэщэней Идар Темрыкъуэ и пхъу; c. 1545 – 1 September 1569) was the tsaritsa of all Russia from 1561 until her death as the second wife of Ivan the Terrible, the tsar of all Russia.[1]