Editing Ivan the Terrible (section)

== Ancestry ==
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|1= 1. '''Ivan IV of Russia'''
|2= 2. [[Vasili III of Russia]]
|3= 3. [[Elena Glinskaya]]
|4= 4. [[Ivan III of Russia]]
|5= 5. [[Sophia Palaiologina]]
|6= 6. Vasili Lvovich Glinsky
|7= 7. [[Ana Jakšić]]
|8= 8. [[Vasily II of Moscow]]
|9= 9. [[Maria of Borovsk]]
|10= 10. [[Thomas Palaiologos]]
|11= 11. [[Catherine Zaccaria]]
|12= 12. Lev Borisovich Glinsky
|13= 13. ? Esmanovna
|14= 14. Stefan Jakšić
|15= 15. Milica Belmužević
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=== Patrilineal descent ===
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{{chart top|text-align=left|Patrilineal descent}}
[[Patrilineal descent]] is the principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations – which means that if Ivan IV were to choose a historically accurate house name, it would be Rurikid, as all his male-line ancestors have been of that house.

Ivan is a member of the [[Rurikids|Rurikid dynasty]]. Ivan's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son:

# [[Rurik]], Prince of Novgorod, {{died in|879}}
# [[Igor of Kiev|Igor]], Prince of Kiev, {{circa|877}}–945
# [[Sviatoslav I]], Prince of Kiev, {{circa|943}}–972
# [[Vladimir the Great|Vladimir]], Grand Prince of Kiev, {{circa|958}}–1015
# [[Yaroslav the Wise|Yaroslav]], Grand Prince of Kiev, {{circa|978}}–1054
# [[Vsevolod I of Kiev|Vsevolod I]], Grand Prince of Kiev, {{circa|1030}}–1093
# [[Vladimir II Monomakh]], Grand Prince of Kiev, 1053–1125
# [[Yuri Dolgorukiy]], Grand Prince of Kiev, 1099–1157
# [[Vsevolod the Big Nest]], Grand Prince of Vladimir, 1154–1212
# [[Yaroslav II of Vladimir|Yaroslav II]], Grand Prince of Vladimir, 1191–1246
# [[Alexander Nevsky]], Grand Prince of Vladimir, 1221–1263
# [[Daniel of Moscow|Daniel]], Prince of Moscow, 1261–1303
# [[Ivan I of Moscow|Ivan I]], Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow, 1288–1341
# [[Ivan II of Moscow|Ivan II]], Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow, 1326–1359
# [[Dmitry Donskoy]], Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow, 1350–1389
# [[Vasily I of Moscow|Vasily I]], Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow, 1371–1425
# [[Vasily II of Moscow|Vasily II]], Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow, 1415–1462
# [[Ivan III of Russia|Ivan III]], Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia, 1440–1505
# [[Vasili III of Russia|Vasily III]], Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia, 1479–1533
# '''Ivan IV''', Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia, 1530–1584
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