Patron icon of the Romanovs

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How did Theotokos Fyodorovskaya become the patron icon of the Imperial Romanov family?
 
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How did Theotokos Fyodorovskaya become the patron icon of the Imperial Romanov family?
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It began when Michael I of Russia received a copy of the icon from his mother, and carried it to Moscow when he went there to rule (he was elected in 1613).
 
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