Russian Royalty. She was a Russian tsaritsa as the first wife of Tsar Alexis I of Russia. She was the mother of Tsar Feodor III of Russia, Tsar Ivan V of Russia, and the princess regent Sophia Alekseyevna. She was a younger daughter of the noble Ilya Danilovich Miloslavsky and Ekaterina Fedorovna Miloslavskaya (Narbekova). In 1647, Tsar Alexis I of Russia reached the age required for marriage. He was to choose his bride from a bride-show of hundreds of daughters of the nobility, who were summoned to the imperial court for selection. During the selection ceremony, the Tsar initially chose Euphemia Fedorovna Vsevolozhskaya by presenting her with a handkerchief and a ring as a symbol of their engagement. A courtier was bribed by a relative and supporter Boris Morozov to make Vsevolozhskaya faint. He then bribed a court physician to diagnose her with epilepsy, which disqualified her as potential bride. This resulted in both Vsevolozhskaya and her father to be exiled and accused of attempting to hide her illness from the Tsar, and thus the first choice of the Tsar was annulled. Maria Miloslavskaya was then selected as the Tsar's second choice and the wedding was conducted on January 16, 1648. She fulfilled her expected role both in regard to charity and religion, actively engaging in public donations to the Moscow city hospitals for the poor, sick and disabled. She died from a fever at the age of 45, following the birth of her 13th child. Originally interred at the Saint Catherine's Church of Ascension Convent in Moscow, her remains were later relocated to the Ascension Church at Kolomenskoye, then in 1929 they were moved to the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael where her husband is interred.