Eudoxia Saburova (russian: Евдокия Богдановна Сабурова; died 1620), was a Russian noblewoman,
Tsesarevna
Tsesarevich (russian: Цесаревич, ) was the title of the heir apparent or presumptive in the Russian Empire. It either preceded or replaced the given name and patronymic.
Usage
It is often confused with "tsarevich", which is a dis ...
of Russia as the first spouse of
Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia
Ivan Ivanovich (Ива́н Иванович) (March 28, 1554 – November 19, 1581) was a Tsarevich (heir apparent) of Russia and the son of Ivan the Terrible, who killed him in a fit of rage.
Early life
Ivan was the second son of Ivan the T ...
, son of
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan IV Vasilyevich (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич; 25 August 1530 – ), commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible, was the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584.
Ivan ...
.
Biography
She was the daughter of Boyar Bogdan Y. Saburov. In 1571, she participated in the
Bride-show
The bride-show ( el, δείχνουν οι νύμφες, russian: смотр невест) was a custom of Byzantine emperors and Russian tsars to choose a wife from among the most beautiful maidens of the country. A similar practice also existed ...
arranged to select a wife to Tsar Ivan, and while she was not chosen by the tsar for his wife, he did select her to marry his son. In 1572, her father-in-law divorced her from his son and placed her in the Pokrovsky convent in Suzdal for childlessness.
References
* Saburova, Evdokia Bogdanovna // Ryska biografiska ordboken : i 25 volymer. - St Petersburg - M. 1896-1918
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16th-century Russian people
1620 deaths