Vasilisa Melentyeva
| Vasilisa Melentyeva | |
|---|---|
Portrait by Nikolai Nevrev in 1886 | |
| Tsaritsa of All Russia (Disputed existence) | |
| Tenure | 1579 |
| Predecessor | Anna Vasilchikova |
| Successor | Maria Dolgorukaya (Disputed existence) |
| Born | 1560 or 1540 Ukraine or Kingdom of Georgia |
| Died | Unknown |
| Spouse | Ivan the Terrible |
| Dynasty | Rurik (by marriage) |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox |
Vasilisa Melentyeva (Russian: Васили́са Меле́нтьева) was the legendary or real sixth wife of Ivan the Terrible. The marriage (not authorized by the Church) may have been celebrated in 1575 or she was simply a concubine. Modern scholars now tend to consider her to be a 19th-century fraud.