Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev

Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev

The first wife of Feodor Vassilyev (1707-1782), a peasant from Shuya, set the record for most children ever born with 69, 150 miles east of Moscow. She gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets between 1725 and 1765. [Marie M. Clay. [http://books.google.com/books?id=xix2VLb4vGQC&pg=PA96&dq=wife+of+Feodor+Vassilyev&ei=PYyfSOfLLqWoigH43bX7BA&sig=ACfU3U307kHejEx9_9EFsfu3FxD6wj8qdw Quadruplets and Higher Multiple Births.] ; Mac Keith Press, London, 1989. ISBN: 0-5214-12234; Feodor Vassilyev: a case of remarkable fecundity. pp. 96–97] [Mark C. Young. [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZSyswNFqTycC&q=wife+of+Feodor+Vassilyev&dq=wife+of+Feodor+Vassilyev&lr=&ei=Do-fSPihLIzQjgGdqLT6BA&pgis=1 The Guinness Book of World Records 1998.] Bantam Books, 1998. ISBN 0553578952; page 357]

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  • Feodor Vassilyev — Not to be confused with Fyodor Vasilyev. Feodor Vassilyev (Russian: Фёдор Васильев) (b. approx. 1707[1]) was a peasant from Shuya, Russia. His first wife, Mrs. Vassilyev sets the record for most children birthed by a single woman. She gave birth… …   Wikipedia

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