Vasili IV of Russia
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1887 copy of a 1672 miniature of Vasili IV | |||||
| Tsar of all Russia | |||||
| Reign | 29 May [O.S. 19 May] 1606 – 29 July [O.S. 19 July] 1610 | ||||
| Predecessor | False Dmitry I | ||||
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| Born | c. 1552 Russia | ||||
| Died | 12 September 1612 (aged 59) Gostynin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (imprisoned) | ||||
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| House | Shuysky | ||||
| Father | Ivan Andreyevich Shuysky | ||||
| Mother | Marfa Feodorovna | ||||
| Religion | Russian Orthodox | ||||
Vasili IV Ivanovich Shuisky (Russian: Василий IV Иванович Шуйский, romanized: Vasiliy IV Ivanovich Shuyskiy, c. 1552 – 12 September 1612) was Tsar of all Russia from 1606 to 1610, after the murder of False Dmitri I. His rule coincided with the Time of Troubles. He was the only member of House of Shuisky to become tsar and the last member of the Rurikid dynasty (Yurievichi branch) to rule as tsar.