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Dmitriy Yurievich Shemyaka was the second son of Yury of Zvenigorod by Anastasia of Smolensk and grandson of Dmitri Donskoi. His hereditary patrimony was the rich northern town Galich-Mersky. When his brother prince Vasily I of Moscow died in 1425, he and his 10-year-old nephew Vasily started fighting over the right to the throne, causing the Muscovite War of Succession (1425–1453 ...
Prince Dmitriy " Shemiaka". Born ca. 1433, died ca. 1453. Prince of Zvenigorod. Prince of Galich (1433-50). Prince of Uglich (1441-48). Великий князь Московский (1445-1447), Углицкий (1441-1447) и князь Галицкий (1433-1450) Дмитрий Шемяка, по мнению историков, был ...
The Muscovite War of Succession, or Muscovite Civil War, was a war of succession in the Grand Duchy of Moscow (Muscovy) from 1425 to 1453. 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.
- 1425 – 1453
- Grand Duchy of Moscow (Muscovy)
- Vasily II victory
Dmitry Y., in the opinion of N. A. Polevoi, “wanted good, sincerely tolerated,” from the affairs of Dmitry Shemyaka you can find out “the character of this Prince, brave, kind, ardent, ready for evil only in a moment of anger, but always able to smooth his own a crime of repentance, willing to forgive offense and trusting to frivolity ...
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Vasily II Vasilyevich, also known as Vasily the Blind or Vasily the Dark, was a Grand Prince of Moscow in the 15th century.When his father died in 1425, the 10-year-old Vasily and his uncle Dmitry Shemyaka started fighting over the right to the throne, causing the Muscovite War of Succession (1425–1453).
Ulugh Muhammad. Strength. 40,000 (overestimated) 3,000. The Battle of Belyov ( Russian: Битва под Белёвом) was fought in 1437 near Belyov between the troops of the Grand Duchy of Moscow under the command of Dmitry Shemyaka and Tatars led by Ulugh Muhammad. The result of the battle was the complete defeat of the Russian army.
183 cm × 124.5 cm (6 ft 0 in × 4 ft 1.0 in) Present location. Veliky Novgorod. Period. 1444. Epitaphios of Grand Prince Dmitry Shemyaka ( Russian: Шемякина плащаница) is an epitaphios donated to the Yuriev Monastery by the family of Dmitry Shemyaka. It dates back to 1444. The work is kept in the Novgorod Museum-Reserve.
