Rulers
Vasily IV Shuisky
Tsar during the Time of Troubles
Show on the timeline- Lifespan
- c. 1552 — 1612
- Reign
- 1606–1610
A member of the Suzdal branch of the Rurikids, he was proclaimed tsar after the death of False Dmitry I. His reign was marked by rebellions, rival claimants and foreign intervention. Deposed in 1610 and forcibly tonsured, he died in captivity in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- Dynasty
- Rurikids (Shuisky branch)
- Centre of power
- Moscow
- Title
- Tsar, 1606–1610
- Wife during his reign
- Maria Buynosova-Rostovskaya
- End of reign
- Deposed after the defeat at Klushino