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Vasily II was the youngest son of Vasily I of Moscow by Sophia of Lithuania, the only daughter of Vytautas the Great, and the only son to survive his father (his elder brother Ivan died in 1417 at the age of 22). On his father's death Vasily II was proclaimed Grand Duke at the age of 10.
March 30, 1326 in Moscow, Prince Ivan I Kalita and Princess Elena had a son, Ivan - the future Prince of Zvenigorod and Ruza (1340-1353), of Novgorod (1355-1359), Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir (1353-1359). In the history the Prince earned the nickname "Fair"; found in the annals are also other names given to Ivan Ivanovich - "Merciful" and "Gentle."
Dec 25, 2023 · Russian Orthodox. Ivan III Vasilyevich ( Russian: Иван III Васильевич; 22 January 1440 – 27 October 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, was the Grand Prince of Moscow and the Sovereign of all Rus'. Ivan served as the co-ruler and regent for his blind father Vasily II from the mid-1450s before he officially ascended the throne ...
This is a list of all reigning monarchs in the history of Russia. It includes titles Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev, Grand Prince of Vladimir, Grand Prince of Moscow, Tsar of All Rus', and Emperor of All Russia. The list started with a semi-legendary Prince of Novgorod Rurik sometime in the mid 9th century (862) and ended with the Emperor of All Russia Nicholas II who abdicated in ...
Ivan Ii, (1326–1359), prince of Moscow and grand prince of Vladimir. In the 1340s Lithuania encroached into western Russia and challenged the Golden Horde for… Basil I, BASIL I (1371–1425), grand prince of Vladimir and Moscow (from 1389). The eldest son and successor to grand prince Dmitry Ivanovich ("Donskoi"), Basi…
Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy ( Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Донско́й; 12 October 1350 – 19 May 1389) was Prince of Moscow from 1359 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1363 until his death. He was the heir of Ivan II.
Moscow - Capital, Kremlin, Tsars: The first documentary reference to Moscow is found in the early monastic chronicles under the year 1147, when on April 4 Yury Vladimirovich Dolgoruky (see Dolgoruky family), prince of Suzdal, was host at a “great banquet” for his ally the prince of Novgorod-Seversky “in Moscow.” This is the traditional date of Moscow’s founding, although ...
