Who was crowned Russia's first Tsar?

The first Russian ruler to be formally crowned as "tsar of all Russia" was Ivan IV (called Ivan the Terrible), before he was crowned, he was known as Grand Prince of all Russia. In 1547, Ivan IV, grandson of Ivan the Great, was crowned the first czar of all Russia (the term czar was derived from caesar) in the Kremlin's Uspensky Cathedral. In addition, Moscow became the capital of the Holy Russian Empire. In that same year, Ivan married Anastasia Romanov. He was 16 or 17 years old when he was crowned and got married. It is said that Ivan started as a very wise czar and ended as a devil.

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deborahpmercer

I fell into the trap there of thinking it had to be a "1st"! Good question.

Martha Prefontaine

Irene Townsend, they were there but he was the first to declare himself tzar.

Ken Putnam

Marianne Hays, and the others were all Princes he was the first Tsar (or Czar, or Tzar or however you want to spell it)

Ken Putnam

Sally Onyett, That undocumented feature has NEVER worked for me Only against me!

earlepg

deborahpmercer, I was starting to thnk that a "1st" was logical, then I recalled that Ivan III, The Terrible, was the first actual tsar.

earlepg

earlepg, His father was Vasili III, Grand Prince before Ivan succeeded him.

earlepg

Irene Townsend, According to the article, his grandfather was Ivan III, Ivan the Great, who was Grand Prince of all Rus and he styled himself tsar. Always good to check the reference.

tdelisi

His father, grandfather and great grandfather I assume.

Irene Townsend

If Ivan was the IV why is he the first Tsar, what was happen and who was Ivan the first, second and third.

Char

I thought this was Ivan but tried majority and picked the most picked that was Ivan

🅰️Antoinette🅱️

Ivan the Terrible Tsar!?🤔

John W Shreve

Morag Wilson, Well, Malcolm X isn't preceded by Malcolm IX.

Nicholas Miernicki

Know this from watching Sergei Eisenstein's "masterpiece" Ivan the Terrible Part 1. If you enjoy movies where the lead actor expresses various emotions by bulging his eyes out of his head, have I got a movie for you! Could never summon up the nerve to watch Part 2.