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Apr 12, 2024 · Vasily I (born 1371—died February 1425, Moscow) was the grand prince of Moscow from 1389 to 1425. While still a youth, Vasily, who was the eldest son of Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy (ruled Moscow 1359–89), travelled to the Tatar khan Tokhtamysh (1383) to obtain the Khan’s patent for his father to rule the Russian lands as the grand prince ...
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The Muscovite War of Succession, [1] [2] or Muscovite Civil War, [3] was a war of succession in the Grand Duchy of Moscow (Muscovy) from 1425 to 1453. [a] 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 ...
- 1425 – 1453
- Grand Duchy of Moscow (Muscovy)
- Vasily II victory
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Vasily I Dmitriyevich (Russian: Василий I Дмитриевич; 30 December 1371 – 27 February 1425) was Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow from 1389. [1] [2] He was the heir of Dmitry Donskoy , who reigned from 1359 to 1389.
The Principality of Moscow is also known as Muscovy, the Grand Principality of Moscow, [better source needed] Muscovite Rus', or Muscovite Russia. The English names Moscow and Muscovy, for the city, the principality, and the river, descend from post-classical Latin Moscovia, Muscovia (compare Russian Moskoviya, "principality of Moscow"), and ultimately from the Old East Slavic fully vocalized ...
- Vassal state of the Golden Horde, (1282–1471), Sovereign state, (1471–1547)
Jul 1, 2021 · Coat of arms of Tver (city) and Tver province. 1772 Coat of arms of Tver and Tver governorship. 1780 The coat of arms of Tver was approved on 10 October 1780 (PSZ RI No. 15073): It is: Arms: Gules, on a stool, a crown Or on a pillow Vert tasseled Or. Arms of Tver. In The Manifesto on the Complete Arms of the All-Russian Empire. 1800.
Alexander fled to Lithuania, but his brothers, Constantine and Vasily, tried to restore the principality. Although Tver suffered from civil war during Vasily’s reign (1346–67), it was strong enough by 1368, under Michael II, son of Alexander, to join Lithuania and challenge Moscow’s dominant position. Dmitry Donskoy decisively defeated ...
Russia - Rurikid, Muscovy, Expansion: Ivan III (ruled 1462–1505) consolidated from a secure throne the gains his father, Vasily II, had won. The “gathering of the Russian lands,” as it has traditionally been known, became under Ivan a conscious and irresistible drive by Moscow to annex all East Slavic lands, both the Russian territories, which traditionally had close links with Moscow ...
