Roman Yurievich Zakharyin (Person) AKA Zakharyin-Yuriev, Zakharyin-Koshkin
Roman Yurievich Zakharyin
1500 AD - 1543 AD
AKA Zakharyin-Yuriev, Zakharyin-Koshkin
- Russian okolnichy and voivode in the 1530s
- progenitor of the Romanov dynasty, which was named after him
There is very little available information about him; it is known that his wife was named Uliana, he was between 178 and 183 cm (approximately six feet) tall and suffered from Paget's disease, which, according to historian Alexander Shirokorad, may have caused him to leave service as voivode in 1535.
- Issue
-
1522 AD
-
1530 AD
Events (4)
for
