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Vasily Kosoy was the son of Yury Dmitrievich and Anastasia of Smolensk. His grandfather was Dmitry Donskoy who settled the issue of crown inheritance by passing a law according to which his oldest son Vasily I would become Grand Prince after his death and the second in line would be Donskoy's younger son Yury Dmitrievich.
Yury of Zvenigorod. Yury Dmitrievich (26 November 1374 in Pereslavl-Zalessky – 5 June 1434 in Galich ), also known as George II of Moscow, Yury of Zvenigorod and Jurij Zwenihorodski, was the second son of Dmitri Donskoi. He was the Duke of Zvenigorod and Galich from 1389 until his death. During the reign of his brother Vasily I, he took part ...
Vasily Kosoy: Heir apparent: eldest son: 1433: father became Grand Prince: 5 June 1434: became Grand Prince: Dmitry Yurievich 1433–1434, brother: Yury II Dmitrievich: Dmitry Yurievich: Heir presumptive: brother: 5 June 1434: brother became Grand Prince: 1435: Grand Prince deposed by his cousin: uncertain: Vasily Kosoy
The Ipatiev Monastery is a male monastery situated on the bank of the Kostroma River just opposite the city of Kostroma. It was founded around 1330 by a Tatar convert, Prince Chet, whose male-line descendants include Solomonia Saburova and Boris Godunov. In 1435, Vasily II concluded a peace with his cousin Vasily Kosoy there.
Vasily II happily returned to Moscow and gave the former enemies lands. Kosoy hurried to Kostroma, where he began to gather troops for the war. Vasily Kosoy was famous for cruelty. For example, the chroniclers mention such a case: when his comrade Prince Roman tried to leave Kosoy secretly, he caught him and ordered to cut off his arm and leg.
Vasily Kosoy begins to be mentioned in the annals from 1433. This year, together with his brother Dmitri Shemyaka , he feasted in Moscow at the wedding of Grand Duke Vasili Vasilyevich , during which Sophia of Lithuania publicly ripped Vasily Yuryevich off the gold belt allegedly stolen in the past from Dmitri Donskoy by the thousand-strong ...
The final straw came in 1433 when Vasily II’s mother publically humiliated Yuri’s son Vasily Kosoy at Vasily II’s wedding when she demanded he return a belt he was wearing which was allegedly part of the grand prince’s belongings. Vasily Kosoy returned to his father in Galich where they decided enough was enough and they prepared for ...
