Fjodor I, tsaar van Rusland 1584-1598, laatste heerser uit het geslacht der Rurikieden.
“Fedor, who was unquestionably the legal to the throne, was regarded with affection. He was the son of Tsaritsa Anastasia, Ivan [IV]’s first wife who had been loved by the people and memory of whom was still cherished. Fedor was, however, gentle, exceedingly devout and and unworldly, and he displayed none of the qualities of an autocrat. … In physique Fedor was small and weakly. He was strikingly unlike his father who had been tall with a strong aquiline face and a majestic presence as well as a powerful intellect. His complexion was pallid and he seemed to be continually smiling. foreigners wrote that he was half-witted and a Durak or idiot. To most Muscovites he appeared saintly and even a “fool of God” whom the Orthodox regarded with affection and even veneration. Although he was noted for his piety, his inadequacies were clear to all and his succession could only aggravate popular anxiety.” Ian Grey, Boris Godunov. The Tragic Tsar [Londen 1973],p. 81-82,121 )