Dynasty
Dynastic crisis
False Dmitry I · a claim to royal descent
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- 1605–1606
False Dmitry I took the throne claiming to be Ivan IV's son, Tsarevich Dmitry. The card represents a claim to dynastic legitimacy during the Time of Troubles, rather than a separate hereditary dynasty.
- Status
- A crowned ruler whose claimed ancestry is not accepted by historians.