Family
Marina Mniszech
Tsarina of the Time of Troubles
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- 1588/1589–1614/1615
Daughter of the Polish magnate Jerzy Mniszech, wife of False Dmitry I and crowned tsarina in 1606. After his death she recognised False Dmitry II as her husband and continued to press her dynastic claims. She was captured in 1614; the circumstances and exact date of her death remain unclear.
- Lifetime
- 1588/1589 — no later than 1614/1615
- Son
- Ivan Dmitriyevich, 1611–1614
- Status
- Wife of a tsar, then a participant in the struggle among claimants