Tsarina Leonida (Sheremeteva): status, appanage and burial

The third wife of Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich, Elena Ivanovna Sheremeteva, in monasticism - Leonida, is known for causing a tragic quarrel between Ivan the Terrible and his son. Widowed, she became a monk, received an appanage and led a life befitting a noble person from the royal family. Tsarina Leonida did not live long and died in 1595. Observations on her status and references in the sources allow us to conclude that among the royal nuns at the turn of the XVI-XVII centuries there was a certain hierarchy, which was the result of the hectic personal life of Tsar Ivan the Terrible and his eldest son.