book continue this ftate-pageant during the remainder of his life;
v his death, which happened in 1698, was fcarcely perceived
by his fubjeds, and not known to the reft of Europe,
except by the omiffion of his name in the public ads.
The fovereigns fubfequent to Ivan are interred at Peterf-
burgh, excepting Peter II. whofe aihes repofe in this cathedral.
This monarch, the fon of the unfortunate Tzarovitch
Alexey, was born in 1 7 1 5 , fucceeded in i 7 27j Catharine I.
and died in 1730 of the fmall-pox in this city, on the very
day which had been appointed for his marriage with the
princefs Dolgorucki. His death was occafioned by the ignorance
of the phyiicians, who treated his diforder as a malignant
fever. Peter II. acquired great popularity by fixing,
during the latter part of his ihort reign, his imperial re-
fidence at Mofcow. He was greatly regretted as the grandfon
of Peter the Great, and as the perfon in whom the male line
of the Houfe of Romanof became extind.
S o v e r e i g n s
S o v e r e i g n s of Moscow of the Houfe of Ruric
T zars of different Families.
13» Boris Godunof, elfc&ed |
T za r 1 5 9 8 died in 1^0.5.1
His fon Feodor, proclaimed
T za r in A pril hy his father’
s party, and* put to
death in June, can fcarcely
be claffed among the Ruffian
fovereigns.
Dmitri, or Demetrius, the Falfe
Demetrius o f the Ruffians 5
b y others called the,fon of-
Ivan Vaffiiievitch I I . af-
- , cended the throne in June,
1605s affaffinated May,.
1606.
Vaffili Ivanovitch Shuiiki, elfe&ed
[ T z a r .upon the afiaffinatvoa
of Demetrius m 1606 } dek
pofed in 16 i,o ; died in cap—
tirity at W a r faw ..
Sovereigns