Ivan Ivanovich Khovansky (russian: Иван Иванович Хованский) (died March 15, 1701) was a Russian
boyar
A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the Feudalism, feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Kievan Rus', Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria, Russian nobility, Russia, Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia, Wallachia and ...
, son of
Ivan Nikitich Khovansky
Prince Ivan Nikitich Khovansky (russian: Иван Никитич Хованский) (died 1675) was a Russian boyar and voyevoda, nephew of Ivan Andreyevich Khovansky and cousin of Tararui.
Ivan Nikitich Khovansky was first mentioned in historic ...
, opponent of
Peter the Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
's reforms.
The name of Ivan Ivanovich Khovansky was first mentioned among the royal court
stolniks in 1664. In 1676, he was appointed ''room stolnik'' (комнатный стольник) of
Tsar
Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East Slavs, East and South Slavs, South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''Caesar (title), caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" i ...
Feodor III of Russia. In 1682, Ivan Khovansky was granted the title of a boyar (which he would be stripped of later, but then regain). In 1700, Ivan Khovansky became involved in an affair that had to do with a writer named
Grigory Talitsky, who would identify Peter the Great with the
Antichrist. Before the affair was over, Ivan Ivanovich Khovansky died under guard on March 15, 1701.
People from the Tsardom of Russia
Gediminids
Russian nobility
1701 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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