Editing False Dmitry I (section)

==Background==
Dmitry entered history circa 1600, after making a positive impression on [[Patriarch Job of Moscow]] with his learning and assurance. Tsar Boris Godunov ordered the young man seized and questioned. Dmitry fled to Prince [[Wasyl Konstanty Ostrogski|Constantine Ostrogski]] at [[Ostroh]], in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and subsequently entered the service of the [[Wiśniowiecki]]s, a [[Poland|polonized]] [[Ruthenians|Ruthenian]] family.{{sfn|Bain|1911}} The princes [[Adam Wiśniowiecki|Adam]] and [[Michał Wiśniowiecki]] in particular showed interest in the stories Dmitry told, and who he purported to be, as they gave the Poles an opportunity to capitalize on the [[Times of Trouble|political rancor]] in [[Moscow]].

Rumors said that Dmitry was an [[illegitimate]] son of the Polish king, [[Stefan Batory]], who reigned from 1575 to 1586. According to a later tale, Dmitry blurted out that identity once, when a violent master slapped him. Dmitry's own story was that his mother, Tsar Ivan's widow, anticipated Boris Godunov's assassination attempt, and put him into the care of a doctor, who hid him in various monasteries through the years. After the doctor died, Dmitry fled to Poland, and worked briefly there as a teacher before he entered the service of the Wiśniowieckis. Some who had known Ivan IV later claimed that Dmitry did indeed resemble the young tsarevich. The young man also possessed such aristocratic skills  as [[horsemanship]] and [[literacy]], and was fluent in Russian, Polish, and French.

Whether or not Dmitry's tale was accurate, the Wiśniowiecki brothers, [[Samuel Tyszkiewicz (noble)|Samuel Tyszkiewicz]], [[Jan Piotr Sapieha|Jan Sapieha]], [[Roman Różyński]], and several other Polish noblemen agreed to back him, and his claim, against Boris Godunov.

In March 1604, Dmitry visited the court of [[Sigismund III Vasa]] in [[Kraków]]. The king provisionally supported him, but did not promise any military help. To attract the powerful [[Jesuits]] to his cause, Dmitry publicly converted to [[Roman Catholicism]] on 17 April 1604, and convinced papal [[nuncio]] [[Claudio Rangoni (bishop of Reggio Emilia)|Claudio Rangoni]] to also back his claim.

While at court, Dmitry met [[Marina Mniszech]], daughter of Polish nobleman [[Jerzy Mniszech]]. Dmitry and Marina fell in love. When he asked her father for her hand, he was promised it in return for granting the Mniszechs full rights to the Russian towns of [[Pskov]], [[Novgorod]], [[Smolensk]], and [[Novhorod-Siverskyi]] upon his ascension.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}