Editing Feodor I of Russia (section)

===Foreign policy===
Unlike his father, Feodor had no enthusiasm for maintaining exclusive trading rights with the [[Kingdom of England]]. Feodor declared his kingdom open to all foreigners, and dismissed the English ambassador [[Sir Jerome Bowes]], whose pomposity had been tolerated by Feodor's father. [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] sent a new ambassador, [[Giles Fletcher, the Elder]], to demand of [[Boris Godunov]] that he convince the tsar to reconsider. The negotiations failed because Fletcher addressed Feodor with two of his titles omitted. Even after this setback, Elizabeth continued to address Feodor on that topic in half appealing, half reproachful letters.<ref>See {{Cite book |last=Hume |first=David |year= 1983 |title= The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688|volume= IV  |edition= 1778 |publisher= LibertyClassics |publication-date=1983 |publication-place= Indianapolis, IN |pages=376 |via= Online Library of Liberty |url=http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/hume-the-history-of-england-vol-4}}</ref> She proposed an alliance between Russia and England, something which she had refused to do when it had been sought by Feodor's father, but he turned her down.<ref>''Russia and Britain'' by Crankshaw, Edward, published by Collins, 126 p. ''The Nations and Britain'' series</ref>

Some boyars may also have been interested in a [[Habsburgs|Habsburg]] succession to the throne as early as 1584, which would have meant the election of one of the brothers of [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Rudolf&nbsp;II]].{{sfn|Bushkovitch|2021|page=118}} As the Habsburg court was interested in preventing Polish expansion into Russia, discussions were held in [[Prague]], and in 1589, a Habsburg envoy reported that Boris Godunov wanted [[Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria|Archduke Maximilian]], who was a candidate for the Polish throne, to be Feodor's successor.{{sfn|Bushkovitch|2021|page=118}} [[Vasily and Andrey Shchelkalov|Andrey Shchelkalov]], the head of the ''[[Posolsky prikaz]]'' (ambassadorial office), made a secret proposal to the Habsburg envoy in 1593 to have Feodor's daughter Feodosiya married to one of the Habsburg princes; however, Feodosiya died and the proposal was no longer being considered.{{sfn|Bushkovitch|2021|page=118}}