Coup kills Tsar and his mother
06/20/1605 AD killed by
On 11 June (N. S.) 1605 the envoys of False Dmitriy I arrived at Moscow to demand his removal, and the letters that they read publicly in Red Square decided his fate.
A group of boyars, unwilling to swear allegiance to the new tsar, seized control of the Kremlin and arrested him.
On June 10th or 20th, Feodor was strangled in his apartment, together with his mother. Officially, he was declared to have been poisoned, but the Swedish diplomat Peter Petreius stated that the bodies, which had been on public display, showed traces of a violent struggle.
Although only 16 years old, Feodor was known to be physically strong and agile, and it took four men to overpower him.
Moscow
Lattitude: 55.7558° N
Longitude: 37.6172° E
Region: Russia and Eastern Bloc
Modern Day Russia
Lattitude: 55.7558° N
Longitude: 37.6172° E
Region: Russia and Eastern Bloc
Modern Day Russia
Subjects Who or What killed by?
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Russia Nation -
Feodor II, Tsar of Russia (Fyodor II Borisovich Godunov) Tsar of Russia 160... -
Maria Skuratova-Belskaya Tsaritsa of Russia...
Objects To Whom or What was killed by?
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False Dmitry I (Dmitry Ivanovich, Dymitr Samozwaniec I) Tsar of Russia 160...
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