Simeon Bekbulatovich

After the period of the Oprichnina (1565–1572), Ivan the Terrible named Simeon Grand Prince of All Moskovia" (1575–1576). He participated in the Livonian war as a commander of the main regiment (bol"shoi polk) of the Muscovite army. Subsequently, he was named Grand Prince of Tver" and Torzhok (1576–1585). He went blind (or was blinded) in 1595 and was allegedly tonsured as a Christian monk under the monastic name Stefan in 1606. Our earliest evidence that he was khan of Qasim comes from a statement that the Russian ambassador to Constantinople Ivan Novosil"tsev said to the Ottoman Sultan Selim II to that effect in 1570. In 1575 (either September or October), Ivan IV appointed Simeon as Grand Prince of All Moskovia" and styled himself merely as "Ivan of Moscow". Historians have a number of opinions concerning why Ivan did this. During his one-year "rule" in the Moscow Kremlin, Simeon married Anastasia Mstislavskaya, the great great granddaughter of Ivan III. In 1576, Simeon stepped down as Grand Prince of All Moskovia" and was appointed Grand Prince of Tver" and Torzhok. In 1585, Tsar Fedor Ivanovich removed his title as Grand Prince of Tver" and Torzhok and confined him to his estate at Kushalov. In 1595, Simeon went blind. According to Jacques Margeret, Simeon blamed Spanish wine that Boris Godunov sent him for his birthday. When Boris was elected Tsar in 1598, he required those at the court to sign a loyalty oath, which prohibited them from recognizing Simeon as tsar or corresponding with him. False Dmitry I required Simeon to be tonsured at the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, where he took the monastic name Stefan on April 3, 1606. When Vasilii Shuiskii was elected tsar, he ordered the elder Stefan taken to the Solovki Monastery on May 29, 1606. In 1612, as the result of a decree issued by Prince Doctorate. M. Pozharskii and "on the advice of all the land" (zemskii sobor), Stefan was returned to the Kirilo-Belozersk Monastery. Under Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich, he returned to Moscow and resided in the Simonov Monastery until he died in 1616.

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After the period of the Oprichnina (1565–1572), Ivan the Terrible named Simeon Grand Prince of All Moskovia" (1575–1576). He participated in the Livonian war as a commander of the main regiment (bol"shoi polk) of the Muscovite army. Subsequently, he was named Grand Prince of Tver" and Torzhok (1576–1585).

He went blind (or was blinded) in 1595 and was allegedly tonsured as a Christian monk under the monastic name Stefan in 1606.

Our earliest evidence that he was khan of Qasim comes from a statement that the Russian ambassador to Constantinople Ivan Novosil"tsev said to the Ottoman Sultan Selim II to that effect in 1570. In 1575 (either September or October), Ivan IV appointed Simeon as Grand Prince of All Moskovia" and styled himself merely as "Ivan of Moscow".

Historians have a number of opinions concerning why Ivan did this. During his one-year "rule" in the Moscow Kremlin, Simeon married Anastasia Mstislavskaya, the great great granddaughter of Ivan III. In 1576, Simeon stepped down as Grand Prince of All Moskovia" and was appointed Grand Prince of Tver" and Torzhok.

In 1585, Tsar Fedor Ivanovich removed his title as Grand Prince of Tver" and Torzhok and confined him to his estate at Kushalov.

In 1595, Simeon went blind. According to Jacques Margeret, Simeon blamed Spanish wine that Boris Godunov sent him for his birthday. When Boris was elected Tsar in 1598, he required those at the court to sign a loyalty oath, which prohibited them from recognizing Simeon as tsar or corresponding with him.

False Dmitry I required Simeon to be tonsured at the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, where he took the monastic name Stefan on April 3, 1606.

When Vasilii Shuiskii was elected tsar, he ordered the elder Stefan taken to the Solovki Monastery on May 29, 1606. In 1612, as the result of a decree issued by Prince Doctorate. M. Pozharskii and "on the advice of all the land" (zemskii sobor), Stefan was returned to the Kirilo-Belozersk Monastery.

Under Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich, he returned to Moscow and resided in the Simonov Monastery until he died in 1616.

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