Anna Vasilchikova

Anna Vasilchikova (Анна Васильчикова) was Tsaritsa of the Tsardom of Russia and was the fifth spouse of Ivan the Terrible (Иван Грозный).

[1] Very little is known of her background.

She married Ivan in January 1575 without the blessing of the Ecclesiastical Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.

[1] She was repudiated by her husband and made a nun in a monastery.

[2] The date of her death is uncertain, having been variously described as occurring in 1576–77.