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To: Savage Beast

The title "Czar" or "Tsar" came about when Ivan IV's grandfather, Ivan III, married Sophia Paleologous, the neice of Constantine XIII, the last Byzantine Emporer.

55 posted on 07/28/2002 6:05:32 PM PDT by writmeister

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To: writmeister

Well that explains it. Thank you. --SB

57 posted on 07/28/2002 8:33:01 PM PDT by Savage Beast

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