Editing False Dmitry III

{{Short description|Pretender to the Russian throne}}
{{Infobox pretender
|name         = Dmitry Ivanovich
|image        = 
|birth_date   = {{birth-date|19 October 1582}} (claimed)
|death_date   = {{death date and age|1612|7||1582|10|19|df=y}}{{efn|His birthdate is claimed so he may not have been 29 when he died.}}
|death_place  = [[Moscow]], [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]]
|regnal       = 
|title        = Pretended [[Tsar of Russia]]
|throne       = [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]]
|pretend from = 1607
|relationship = Claimed to be [[Dmitry of Uglich|Dmitri Ivanovich]],{{efn|Also known as Dmitry of Uglich}} half brother of [[Feodor I]], [[False Dmitry I]] and [[False Dmitry II]].
|father       = [[Ivan the Terrible|Ivan IV]] (claimed)
|mother       = [[Maria Nagaya]] (claimed)
|predecessor  = [[False Dmitry II]]
|successor    = [[False Dmitry IV]]{{efn|False Dmitry IV may have just been False Dmitry III due to bad record keeping.}} or [[Tsarevich Ivan Dmitriyevich|Ivan Dmitriyevich]]
|footnotes    = 
}}
'''False Dmitry III''' ({{langx|ru|Лжедмитрий III|Lzhedmitrii III}}; died July 1612), historically known as '''Pseudo-Demetrius III''', was the last and most enigmatic of three pretenders to the [[Russia]]n throne who claimed to be the youngest son of [[Ivan the Terrible]]; Tsarevich [[Dmitry of Uglich|Dmitry]].{{sfn|Bain|1911|p=984}}

==Biography==
Supposed to have been a [[deacon]] called Sidorka, he appeared suddenly, from behind the river [[Narva River|Narva]], in the [[Ingria]]n town of [[Ivangorod]], proclaiming himself the Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich, on March 28, 1611. The [[Cossacks]], ravaging the environs of [[Moscow]], acknowledged him as [[Tsar]] on March 2, 1612, and under threat of vengeance in case of non-compliance, the gentry of [[Pskov]] also "kissed the cross" (i.e., swore allegiance) to the ''rebel/criminal of Pskov'' (псковский вор), as he was usually nicknamed. On May 18, 1612, he fled from Pskov, was seized and delivered up to the authorities at Moscow, and was secretly executed there.{{sfn|Bain|1911|p=984}}

== See also ==
*[[Time of Troubles]]
*[[Dymitriads]]
*[[False Dmitry I]]
*[[False Dmitry II]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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* {{EB1911|wstitle=Demetrius, Pseudo-|display=Demetrius, Pseudo- s.v. 3 |volume=7 |last= Bain |first= Robert Nisbet |author-link= Robert Nisbet Bain|page=984}}

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