Tsarevna Irina Mikhailovna , was the eldest daughter of Tsar

Tsar

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 Michael of Russia

Michael of Russia

Mikhail I Fyodorovich Romanov Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov was the first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov. He was the son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov and Xenia...

 from his second marriage to Eudoxia Streshneva

Eudoxia Streshneva

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, a noblewoman from Mozhaysk

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. She was the elder sister of Alexis of Russia.
She was baptized in the Chudov Monastery

Chudov Monastery

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 by Patriarch Filaret

Patriarch Filaret (Feodor Romanov)

Feodor Nikitich Romanov was a Russian boyar who after temporary disgrace rose to become patriarch of Moscow as Filaret , and became de-facto ruler of Russia during the reign of his son, Mikhail Feodorovich.- Life :...

. In 1643, Irina was to marry Prince Valdemar Christian of Denmark

Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein

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, but after arriving in Russia he refused to convert to the Orthodox

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 faith and was imprisoned until 1645.

See also

• Mikhail Volosheninov
• Patriarch Joseph
  Patriarch Joseph
  Patriarch Joseph was the sixth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, elected after an unusual one and a half year break.The early life of Joseph is unclear. Before the election he was an archimandrite of the Simonov Monastery...