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[a] The two warring parties were Vasily II, the son of the previous Grand Prince of Moscow Vasily I, and on the other hand his uncle, Yury Dmitrievich, the Prince of Zvenigorod, and the sons of Yuri Dmitrievich, Vasily Kosoy and Dmitry Shemyaka.
Vasiliy Yuryevich Kosoy (the Squint) ( Russian: Василий Юрьевич Косой; ca. 1401–1448) was prince of Zvenigorod from 1421. He continued his father's claim on the title of Grand Prince of Moscow in 1434. Life. Vasily Kosoy was the son of Yury Dmitrievich and Anastasia of Smolensk.
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His uncle, Yuri of Zvenigorod (the prince of Galich-Mersky ), and his two sons, Vasily Kosoy ("the Cross-Eyed") and Dmitry Shemyaka, seized on the opportunity to advance their own claims to the throne.
After Yuri's death in 1432, his claims were taken up by his sons, Vasily Kosoy and Dmitry Shemyaka, who pursued the Great Feudal War well into the 1450s. Although he was ousted from Moscow on several occasions, taken prisoner by Olug Moxammat of Kazan, and blinded in 1446, Vasily II eventually managed to triumph over his enemies and pass the ...
Vasily Kosoy Explained. Vasiliy Yuryevich Kosoy (the Squint) (Russian: Василий Юрьевич Косой; ca. 1401–1448) was prince of Zvenigorod from 1421. He continued his father's claim on the title of Grand Prince of Moscow in 1434. Life. Vasily Kosoy was the son of Yury Dmitrievich and Anastasia of Smolensk.
The two warring parties were Vasily II, the Grand Prince of Moscow, as one party, and his uncle, Yury Dmitrievich, the Prince of Zvenigorod, and the sons of Yuri Dmitrievich, Vasily Kosoy and Dmitry Shemyaka, as the other party. At the intermediate stage, the party of Yury conquered Moscow, but at the end Vasily II regained his crown.
Vasily Kosoy returned to his father in Galich where they decided enough was enough and they prepared for war to restore their family honour and claim what they believed was rightfully theirs. Yuri and his two sons Vasily Kosoy and Dmitry Shemyaka marched on Moscow with forces from Galich.
