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Ivan V Alekseyevich (
Russian:
Иван V Алексеевич, — ) was a joint
tsar of
Russia (with his younger half-brother
Peter I) who co-reigned between 1682 and 1696. He was the youngest son of
Alexis I of Russia and
Maria Miloslavskaya. His reign was only formal, since he was an invalid, both physically and mentally.
Ivan V was the 11th child of Tsar Alexis. As he was eye-sore and infirm, his capacity for supreme power was challenged by the party of the
Naryshkins, who aspired to bring
Natalia Naryshkina's son, Peter I, to the throne. Upon the death of
Feodor III of Russia in April
1682, their enemies insinuated that the Naryshkins had Ivan strangled, thus fomenting the
Moscow Uprising of 1682, which was put to an end only after Ivan was demonstrated by his relatives to the furious crowd.
On
25 June the same year, Ivan and Peter were crowned in the
Cathedral of the Dormition as "dvoetsarstvenniki" (double tsars). A special throne with two seats was executed for the occasion (now on display in the
Kremlin Armoury). Although Ivan was considered the "senior tsar", actual power was wielded by his
elder sister,
Sophia Alekseyevna. In 1689, when she realized that power was slipping from her hands, she attempted to raise another riot, speculating that the Naryshkins had destroyed Ivan's crown and were poised to set his room on fire. However, Ivan's tutor, Prince
Prozorovsky, persuaded him to change sides, whereupon Ivan declared his allegiance to his brother's cause.
During the last decade of his life, Ivan was completely overshadowed by the more energetic Peter I. He spent his days with his wife,
Praskovia Saltykova, caring about little but "praying and fasting day and night". Ivan's purported debility didn't prevent him from producing robust offspring in the shape of five daughters, one of whom —
Anna Ivanovna — would assume the throne in 1730. At the age of 27 he was described by foreign ambassadors as senile, paralytic and almost blind. He died two years later and was interred in the
Archangel Cathedral.
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