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When Ivan was just 3 years old in 1533 his dad passed away. Just 5 years later when he was 8 so did his mom.
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Ivan become sick with most likely pneumonia or encephalitis which also was believed to send him into a spiral of paranoia.
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Ivan was believed to have many violent outbursts throughout his life. This started when he was a kid and he would kill or torture small animals this outbursts only worsened throughout his life. This lead people to believe he had some sort of mental illness.
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Ivan marrys his first wife Anastasia Romanovna in the same year that he is crowned Tzar.
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Ivan became very worried about betrayal mainly from Boyars. This caused him to begin executing people and pass the Oprichnina. This was triggered by his first wife's death who he believed was murdered.
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In the year 1560 Anastasia Romanovna died. This sent Ivan into a deep depression and his paranoia worsened from fear that she had been murdered by Boyars.
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Ivan The Terrible remarrys after his first wifes death. This time to Maria Temryukovna.
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Maria Temryukovna died in Alexandrov Russia after being married to Ivan for 8 years.
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After Maria Temryukovnas death Ivan continued to marry more ladys untill 1580 4 years before his death.
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Ivan The Terrible killed his own son on this night during one of his mental outbursts.
