Eudoxia Saburova (Russian: Евдокия Богдановна Сабурова; died 1620)[1] was a Russian noblewoman, Tsesarevna of Russia as the first spouse of Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, son of Ivan the Terrible.[2][3][4]
Biography
She was the daughter of Bogdan Y. Saburov, who became a boyar when his daughter was selected as a royal wife.[5][6] In 1571, she participated in the Bride-show arranged to select a wife to Tsar Ivan, and while she was not chosen by the tsar for his wife, he did select her to marry his son. In 1572, her father-in-law divorced her from his son and placed her in the Pokrovsky convent in Suzdal for childlessness.[7][8]
References
- Saburova, Evdokia Bogdanovna // Ryska biografiska ordboken : i 25 volymer. - St Petersburg - M. 1896-1918