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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.
Vasily Yuryevich was known after that as Vasily Kosoy. He lived until 1448, but chronicles do not mention him between 1436 and 1448; apparently he was imprisoned all this time. At the same time Vasily II released Dmitry Shemyaka, who had been exiled to Kolomna, and concluded a treaty with him similar to the treaty he previously concluded with ...
- 1425 – 1453
- Grand Duchy of Moscow (Muscovy)
- Vasily II victory
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.
- ulitsa Prosveshcheniya 1, Kostroma, Russia
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The three princes marched on Vasily Kosoy in Moscow who fled with the treasury to Novgorod, then Kostroma where he organised an army to march on Moscow. He was eventually defeated outside Yaroslavl but managed to flee to Vologa where he raised another army and marched on Rostov.
Death of Dmitry Krasniy. After the final defeat of Vasily Kosoy in 1436, Vasily II concluded a new treaty with the senior Dmitry (Shemyaka). Vasily II took the possessions of the rebel prince, but the inheritance of a died son of Dmitry Donskoy, Konstantin, remained in the domain of Dmitry Shemyaka and Dmitry Krasny.
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 II – Vasily the Blind.
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. In the intermediate stage, the party of Yury conquered Moscow, but in the end, Vasily II regained his crown.
