ANNA ALEXEIEVNA KOLTOVSKAYA


❤ ANNA ALEXEIEVNA KOLTOVSKAYA~4th TSARITA OF RUSSIA ❤
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❤ After the sudden death of Ivan the Terrible's third wife Marfa Sobakina, Ivan had difficulty securing another marriage.
The laws of the Russian Orthodox Church, prohibited fourth marriages.
❤ Ivan IV managed to get around this, by claiming he did not consummate his third marriage with Marfa.
That conveniently meant that Ivan could marry for the fourth time. The church wouldn't recognize any of Ivan’s marriages after this.
❤ He married Anna Koltovskaya, the daughter of a courtier, on 29th April 1572, without asking the Church's blessing.
After two years of marriage, Anna still wasn't pregnant.
Ivan, tired of her, decided that he would get married again, to a woman who would give him children quickly.
❤ He sent Anna to a convent, and started looking for yet another wife.
Anna would end up outliving Ivan in various convents, by a few decades.

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❤ Source~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Koltovskaya
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❤ Image~ Reportedly Anna ~ Princess at the Convent~Surikov, V. I., Vasily Ivanovich

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