Tsarevna Irina Mikhailovna of Russia

Irina Mikhailovna (; 22 April 1627 – 8 April 1679), was a Russian Tsarevna, the eldest daughter of Tsar Michael of Russia from his second marriage to Eudoxia Streshneva, a noblewoman from Mozhaysk. She was the elder sister of Alexis of Russia and the first 'purple born' child of the Romanov dynasty. Biography Irina was baptized in the Chudov Monastery by her grandfather Patriarch Filaret, a crucifix formerly belonging to Ivan the Terrible was gifted to Irina and used in the ceremony. Like other russian princesses of her time, Irina grew up secluded from men and the world outside of the terem, where she was taught to read and write, and needlework. In 1640, Irina was engaged to marry Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein when she was 13.