Ksenia Godunova

Ksenia Godunova

Ksenia Godunova "(Xenia) "( _ru. Ксения Годунова) (1582 — 1622)— russian tsarevna, daughter of tsar Boris Godunov, sister of tsar Feodor II of Russia.

Was very beatiful and well educated. Among her fiances were:
* "Prince Gustav of Sweden", who arrived in Moscow in 1600, but the engagement was broken because of his dissolute life.
* "John, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein", arrived in 1602, but fell ill and died before the marriage.

Ksenia remain maiden until her father's death in 1605, when her brother Feodor become a tsar. Some month later Time of Troubles starts, and her mother and Feodor was killed by order of False Dmitriy I.

She was spared, but False Dmitriy raped her and keeped in his palace as concubine during 5 months. Before arriving of his bride Marina Mniszech Ksenia was sent in monastery.


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