(October 1552 - 13.4.1605)
Son of Boyar Theodore Godunov.
Tsar (1598-1605)

Brother-in-law (brother of the wife) of Tsar Theodore Ioannovich, who had no children. After Theodore had died,  Boris managed to take the power cutting the legal heir to the throne (the younger son of Tsar Ivan the Terrible Dmitri Ivanovich, who died in the city of  Uglich). While the 1598 crowning ceremony of Boris Godunov an orb was included to the set of regalia which were to be given to the Tsar.