Ivan the Terrible's Sixth Wife

Ivan Ivan Ivanovich's third wife had been running ahead of him into that fateful room where her father-in-law was. Her name was Yelena Sharamitova and she was pregnant, possibly with the future heir to the throne,. Hearing the shouts, Ivan Ivanovich raced in to protect his pregnant wife. Hot-headed Ivan the Terrible, unmoored by pain or grief or decades of violence turned on his son. He lunged forward, extended the rod, and struck his son in the head.