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Ivan Vasilievich (15 January 1396 or 1397 – 20 July 1417), died on the way from Kolomna to Moscow as a result of "pestilence", just six months after marrying the daughter of Prince Ivan Vladimirovich of Pronsk and receiving the inheritance of Nizhny Novgorod.
Sophia Vitovtovna tore off the golden belt that belonged to Dmitry Donskoy and was allegedly stolen from Vasily the Squint, the son of Yuri of Zvenigorod. The offended Vasily the Squint and his brother Dmitry Shemyaka retired from the wedding and later, together with Yuri Dmitrievich, went on a military campaign against Moscow.
Sophia of Lithuania (1371–1453), also known as Sofia Vitovtovna, was a Grand Princess consort of Muscovy by marriage to Vasili I of Russia. She was regent of Muscovy during the minority of her son from 1425 to 1434.
- Anna Porphyrogenita (born in Constantinople, married to Grand Prince Vladimir the Great) Before the Baptism of Russia, Prince Vladimir most likely ruled a pagan state and professed paganism.
- Sophia of Lithuania (born in Trakai, married to Prince Vasiliy I of Moscow) At the end of the 14th century, the Moscow Duchy and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were neighbors – the city of Smolensk then belonged to the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Vytautas the Great.
- Zoe (Sophia) Palaiologina (born in the Byzantine Empire, married to Grand Prince of Moscow Ivan III) Zoe Palaiologina was the niece of Constantine XI, the last Emperor of Byzantium, who died during the capture of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453.
- Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (born in Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Poland), married to Emperor Paul I of Russia) For most of the 18th century, Russia was ruled by women – with the exception of the short reign of Peter III in 1762, who was deposed by his wife Catherine II.
Sophia of Lithuania (1371–1453), also known as Sofia Vitovtovna, was a Grand Princess consort of Muscovy by marriage to Vasili I of Russia. She was regent of Muscovy during the minority of her son from 1425 to 1434.
Destruction of Sophia Palaiologina grave in 1929. The triumph of her son was the last important event in Sophia's life. She died on 7 April 1503, two years before her husband, who died on 27 October 1505.
Around 1370, he married Anna, who gave birth to Sophia of Lithuania. Sophia was married to Vasily I, Grand Prince of Moscow, and mother and regent to their son Vasili II. After Anna's death in 1418, Vytautas married her niece Juliana Olshanska, daughter of Ivan Olshanski who outlived him.
