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Michael I Fyodorovich Romanov

Type Figure Region Eastern Europe Time 1596–1645 Also known as Tsar Michael I

The founding tsar of the Romanov dynasty (reigned 1613–1645). Born in 1596 into a Moscow noble family, he was elected tsar by the Zemsky Sobor in 161…

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  1. 1596–1613Moscow · MoscowHis father was Nikita Romanov; his uncle Filaret (Fyodor Nikitich) was forced into monasticism under Boris Godunov. During the 1600s the family endured exile and persecution in the Time of Troubles, and Mikhail took refuge in the Ipatiev Monastery.
  2. 1613–1620Moscow Kremlin · MoscowOn February 21, 1613, the Zemsky Sobor in Moscow elected the 16-year-old Mikhail as tsar, founding the Romanov dynasty. Initially relying on the support of the boyars and the church, he quelled the remaining unrest; in 1619 his father Filaret was released from Poland and returned home.
  3. 1621–1630Moscow · MoscowBetween 1621 and 1630 he co-ruled with Patriarch Filaret, reforming taxation and military administration, suppressing noble factions, and restoring diplomatic relations with Sweden and Poland. The state gradually stabilized from the Troubles, preparing for the Smolensk War of 1632.

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