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Vasili III Ivanovich (Russian: Василий III Иванович; 25 March 1479 – 3 December 1533) was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1505 until his death in 1533. He was the son of Ivan III and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name Gavriil (Гавриил).
Ivan IV was the eldest son of Vasili III by his second wife Elena Glinskaya, and a grandson of Ivan III and Sophia Palaiologina. He succeeded his father after his death, when he was three years old. A group of reformers united around the young Ivan, crowning him as tsar in 1547 at the age of 16.
Ivan attempted to secure his title for his successor, and the latter was crowned as successor by his grandfather on 15 February 1498, but later Ivan reverted his decision in favor of Sophia's elder son Vasily, who was ultimately crowned co-regent with his father on 14 April 1502.
Jan 30, 2024 · Ivan III removed him as grand prince in 1502 and named his son, Vasily III, as his heir instead. Ivan III died in his bed on 27 October 1505. His death was not particularly mourned, as he had distanced himself from his family, and he had many enemies who were opposed to him unifying Russia.
Aug 26, 2021 · The son of Vasili III, who was ruler of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Ivan was chosen from a young age to become something new—not just the ruler of the principality of Moscow, but of a united and centralized Russian state. Such a burden was a heavy weight to put upon a child, and perhaps it contributed to Ivan’s fearsome reputation.
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Aug 31, 2019 · Ivan was the eldest son of Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow, and his second wife Elena Glinskaya, a noblewoman from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Only the first few years of his life were anything resembling normal.
Nov 16, 2023 · The maidservant tentatively asks what he has decided to name the child. Vasili looks up and says: “His name shall be Ivan.” Just three years after his son’s birth, Vasili III will die from an infection, leaving the Russian throne to a very young Ivan.
