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Vasilisa Melentyeva ((ロシア語:Васили́са Меле́нтьева)) (died 1579) was the legendary sixth wife of Ivan the Terrible. The marriage (not authorized by the Church) could be celebrated in 1575 or she was simply concubine. Modern scholars now considered her as the 19th-century fake.〔Сперанский М. Н. Русские подделки рукописей в начале XIX в. — ПИ, 1956, т. V, с. 100〕〔Йена, Детлеф. Русские царицы (1547—1918). М., 2008. С. 43〕〔Скрынников Р. Г. Иван Грозный. М., 2007〕 According to the "dark legend", before her marriage to Ivan, Vasilisa is recorded to have been a widow of a dyak (clerk) Melentiy Ivanov serving in the Livonian War. Though tsar considered her beautiful and sweet natured, he discovered her a few months after their marriage having an affair with a prince named Devletev. Ivan forced Vasilisa to watch her lover be impaled, and as further punishment, confined her to life in a cloister.〔 Of all the 8 wives of Ivan the Terrible, only Maria Dolgorukaya (who is also considered as 19th-century fake) and Vasilisa Melentyeva don't have graves or any mentions in official court documents.〔〔(Сергей Нечаев. Иван Грозный. Жены и наложницы "Синей Бороды" )〕 There is no evidence of her existence in the medieval sources except 2 minor mentions: the first, cited by Karamzin, simply listed her name "as concubine" with other Ivan's spouses. The more extensive second mention (see "dark legend" above), believed to be possibly Alexander Sulakadzev's fake (early 19th century).〔〔Зимин А. А. В канун грозных потрясений: Предпосылки первой Крестьянской войны в России. М., 1986〕 Alexander Ostrovsky wrote in 1867 play about her - "Василиса Мелентьева". == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vasilisa Melentyeva」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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