u/PuzzleheadedBit9505

Пожалуй столько много мнений о правителе я не видел , все мы знаем что он кидал животных с балкона, утопил свою жену и ел детей на завтрак ) . ну а если забыть мифы то он был довольно хорошим правителем, так сказать последний хороший Рюрикович, хорошие реформы , довольно успешная внешняя политика а также наследники, которых в идеале должно было быть около 6 но все умирали в детстве ( как и дочки ) . однако несмотря на это под конец жизни Иван имел жену, 2-ух летнего ребёнка и наследника Фёдора.

занимательный факт : Иван Грозный осудили Варфоломеевскую ночь

I don't think I've ever seen so many different opinions about a single ruler. We all know the stories—that he threw animals off balconies, drowned his wife, and ate children for breakfast. But if we set the myths aside, he was actually a pretty good ruler—the last good Rurikid, you could say. He implemented sound reforms and pursued a fairly successful foreign policy. He also had heirs—ideally, there should have been about six of them, but they all died in childhood (as did his daughters). Nevertheless, by the end of his life, Ivan had a wife, a two-year-old child, and his heir, Feodor.

An interesting fact: Ivan the Terrible condemned the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.

In July 1551, the French marshal Saint‑André visited the English court, ostensibly to award Edward VI the prestigious Order of Saint Michael, but in reality to negotiate a marriage between the 13‑year‑old king and the 6‑year‑old Elisabeth de Valois. Here is what Edward wrote in his diary:

“After this they supped with me, talked after supper, had some entertainment, and went home. … The same evening my lord marshal Saint‑André supped with me; after supper he was present at a joust (a dozen courses)… The next morning he came to see me draw up in ranks, viewed my bedchamber, went hunting with hounds, saw me shoot, and saw all my guard shoot at once. He supped with me, heard me play on the lute, saw me ride, came into my study, supped with me again, and then went to Richmond.”

After long negotiations over the dowry, the parties agreed to the betrothal. Early the following year, Edward sent his six‑year‑old bride a “fair diamond” from the jewel collection of the late Katherine Parr. But what had paved the way for this?

Following the peace settlement concerning Boulogne in March 1550, the two sides exchanged portraits. About half a year later, the imperial ambassador Simon Renard wrote:

“Guidotti presented the queen with a portrait of the king of England, recently brought by a courier. The queen reciprocated by sending to Guidotti Madame Perron, governess of the princesses, with a portrait of her eldest daughter, who was delighted by a young lady named Elisabeth, who is in the queen’s service.”

The next update came in March 1551:

“I can assure Your Majesty that the proposed marriage of the king of England to the princess of France is certainly being discussed, and that the constable has spoken of it and conducted negotiations on the matter. It is also known that the princess, in whose chambers hangs the king’s portrait, often stands before it and says to her mother, the queen: ‘I have wished good day to the king of England, my lord.’”

This cluster of events — the exchange of portraits, the diplomatic reports, the careful cultivation of personal ties — formed the backdrop against which the formal betrothal of Edward VI and Elisabeth de Valois was arranged in the summer of 1551, a project that would never come to fruition after the young king’s death in 1553.

( I apologize for any potential errors in the text; I wrote it using a mix of my own English knowledge and a translator. )

Рюрик — одна из самых спорных фигур русской истории. Споры о том, кем он был, не утихают уже давно: версии идут от Рёрика Ютландского до потомка брата Октавиана Августа.

Что вы сами думаете о его происхождении и реальной роли? Пишите в ответах — готов поспорить (я считаю, что Рюрика не было).

Rurik is one of the most controversial figures in Russian history. Debates about who he actually was have been going on for a long time: theories range from Roric of Jutland to a descendant of Octavian Augustus’s brother.

What do you yourself think about his origins and actual role? Write in the comments — I’m ready to argue (I believe Rurik never existed).

In July 1551, the French marshal Saint‑André visited the English court, ostensibly to award Edward VI the prestigious Order of Saint Michael, but in reality to negotiate a marriage between the 13‑year‑old king and the 6‑year‑old Elisabeth de Valois. Here is what Edward wrote in his diary:

“After this they supped with me, talked after supper, had some entertainment, and went home. … The same evening my lord marshal Saint‑André supped with me; after supper he was present at a joust (a dozen courses)… The next morning he came to see me draw up in ranks, viewed my bedchamber, went hunting with hounds, saw me shoot, and saw all my guard shoot at once. He supped with me, heard me play on the lute, saw me ride, came into my study, supped with me again, and then went to Richmond.”

After long negotiations over the dowry, the parties agreed to the betrothal. Early the following year, Edward sent his six‑year‑old bride a “fair diamond” from the jewel collection of the late Katherine Parr. But what had paved the way for this?

Following the peace settlement concerning Boulogne in March 1550, the two sides exchanged portraits. About half a year later, the imperial ambassador Simon Renard wrote:

“Guidotti presented the queen with a portrait of the king of England, recently brought by a courier. The queen reciprocated by sending to Guidotti Madame Perron, governess of the princesses, with a portrait of her eldest daughter, who was delighted by a young lady named Elisabeth, who is in the queen’s service.”

The next update came in March 1551:

“I can assure Your Majesty that the proposed marriage of the king of England to the princess of France is certainly being discussed, and that the constable has spoken of it and conducted negotiations on the matter. It is also known that the princess, in whose chambers hangs the king’s portrait, often stands before it and says to her mother, the queen: ‘I have wished good day to the king of England, my lord.’”

This cluster of events — the exchange of portraits, the diplomatic reports, the careful cultivation of personal ties — formed the backdrop against which the formal betrothal of Edward VI and Elisabeth de Valois was arranged in the summer of 1551, a project that would never come to fruition after the young king’s death in 1553.

( I apologize for any potential errors in the text; I wrote it using a mix of my own English knowledge and a translator. )