17 Facts About Eudoxia Streshneva

Eudoxia Streshneva was the Tsaritsa of Russia as the second spouse of Tsar Michael of Russia.

Eudoxia Streshneva's family belonged to an old Russian nobility of Polish descent from the Principality of Polotsk.

Eudoxia Streshneva's mother died shortly after birth, and her father left home to serve in the military.

Eudoxia Streshneva was thus regarded almost an orphan and was raised by a rich relative who belonged to the circle of the tsar's court in Moscow.

Eudoxia Streshneva was distantly related to Tikhon Nikitich Streshnev a Russian boyar and statesman during the reign of Peter I of Russia, one of the first members of the Governing Senate and the first governor of Moscow, after the post was reformed by Peter.

Eudoxia Streshneva was among those daughters of the nobility summoned to appear in the bride-show at court, when the tsar was to select his new tsaritsa, after his first spouse had died.

Eudoxia Streshneva eventually chose Eudoxia because of her beauty, polite behavior and mild disposition.

Eudoxia Streshneva did not only refer to his feelings, but to his Christian duty to help a girl who would otherwise be forced to leave court and anger her family.

Eudoxia Streshneva was described as a modest and virtuous girl, dominated by her proud relatives, who sometimes brought her to tears but still did not complain.

Tsaritsa Eudoxia Streshneva was known to have been in a difficult situation in the imperial court because of her mother-in-law, Xenia Shestova, who dominated her and the life of the imperial court.

Eudoxia Streshneva chose tutors for her grandchildren, dominating her relationship to them.

Eudoxia Streshneva never managed to achieve any influence over Tsar Mikhail, either during or after the death of her mother-in-law.

Reportedly, Eudoxia Streshneva was under great pressure to produce a son and heir to the throne, a task which gave her great anxiety until the birth of Tsarevich Aleksei in 1629.

Eudoxia Streshneva is noted to have given donations to churches and convents in order to be given another child, but without success.

In 1642, Eudoxia Streshneva financed the rebuilding of the Saint George Monastery in Meshchovsk.

Eudoxia Streshneva benefited the Ivanovsky Convent, where she made several visits and often prayed to Saint Martha during her pregnancies.

Eudoxia Streshneva founded several charitable institutions, and made public donations to charitable and religious subjects.