False Dmitry II

Dmitry Ivanovich
Pretender
Born19 October 1582 (1582-10-19) (claimed)
Died21 December 1610(1610-12-21) (aged 28)
Title(s)Pretended Tsar of Russia
Throne(s) claimedRussia
Pretend from1607
Connection withClaimed to be Dmitri Ivanovich, half brother of Feodor I and False Dmitry I.
FatherIvan IV (claimed)
MotherMaria Nagaya (claimed)
SpouseMarina Mniszech
ChildrenIvan Dmitriyevich
PredecessorFalse Dmitry I
SuccessorFalse Dmitry III, False Dmitry IV or Ivan Dmitriyevich
A 17th-Century depiction of Cyrus the Great is often misinterpreted as a portrait of False Dmitry II.

False Dmitry II (Russian: Лжедмитрий II, romanized: Lzhedmitrii II; died 21 December [O.S. 11 December] 1610), historically known as Pseudo-Demetrius II and also called tushinsky vor ("the thief of Tushino"), was the second of three pretenders to the Russian throne during the Time of Troubles who claimed to be the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich. The real Dmitry had died under uncertain circumstances, most likely an assassination in 1591 at the age of nine at his widowed mother's appanage residence in Uglich.

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