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Patriarch Filaret of Moscow

Type Figure Region Eastern Europe Time 1553–1633 Also known as Patriarch Filaret of Moscow、Fyodor Nikitich Romanov、费奥多尔·尼基季奇·罗曼诺夫

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1619–1633), a central figure of the Romanov family and father of Tsar Michael I, who co-ruled with his son and di…

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  1. 1553–1605Moscow · MoscowBorn into the Moscow nobility and formerly a diplomatic envoy, in 1605 Boris Godunov forced him into monastic tonsure to weaken the Romanov family's power; he took the monastic name Filaret and was successively exiled to the Antonov Monastery and elsewhere.
  2. 1605–1619Poland-Lithuania · Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthDuring the Time of Troubles he was held by the forces of the False Dmitry and by the Poles, imprisoned for a long period. After his son Michael was elected tsar in 1613, Poland used Filaret's release as a negotiating condition, and he returned home in 1619.
  3. 1621–1630Moscow Kremlin · MoscowAfter being elected patriarch in 1619 he formed a "co-rule" with Tsar Michael, effectively directing state policy: reorganizing church lands, strengthening central taxation, and pursuing diplomatic alliances. Between 1621 and 1630 Russia moved from chaos to orderly reconstruction, and Filaret is regarded as the dynasty's true political architect.

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