Compare And Contrast Ivan V And Fedor III

Alexis Mikhailovich was the Tsar (emperor) of Russia from 1645 to 1676, relishing in a long reign due to his ability to balance the leading boyar families (which was exemplary as the Tsars were dependent on the support of the boyars). Alexis' first wife, Maria Miloslavskaya, died in 1669, but not before giving birth to thirteen children, in which only three survived infancy. One of the three children was a girl named Sophia, and the other two were boys, Ivan V and Fedor III. Unfortunately, both the sons were weak in physique and health. Fedor was very intellectual due to the excellent education from a monk but was terribly disfigured and half paralyzed, whilst Ivan was nearly blind and was physically and mentally impaired, also being disfigured.