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The wedding of Solomonia and Vasily III took place on 4 September 1505, in presence of the groom's father, Ivan III. Metropolitan Simon blessed the newlyweds at the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin. After twenty years, it became apparent that Solomonia was barren.
- Yury Konstantinovich Saburov
- Vasili III of Russia
Solomonia Yuryevna Saburova was the grand princess of Moscow as the wife of Vasili III of Russia. She was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Sofia of Suzdal.
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By 1526 when he was 47 years old, Vasili had been married to Solomonia Saburova for over 20 years with no heir to his throne being produced. Conscious of her husband's disappointment, Solomonia tried to remedy this by consulting sorcerers and going on pilgrimages.
Daughter of Yuri Saborov; became first wife of Vasili also known as Basil III Ivanovich (1479–1534), grand prince of Moscow (r. 1505–1534), on September 4, 1505 (divorced in 1526); no children. Following her divorce, Solomonia was sent to a convent.
Saint Solomonia Yuryevna Saburova (c. 1490 – 18 December 1542) was the first wife of Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy. She was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Sofia of Suzdal. Categories: 1490 births. 1542 deaths.
Solomonia Saburova and reconstruction of her travels and locations in the years 1505–1525. The wedding of Vasilii Ivanovich, the Grand Prince of Moscow, and Solomonia Yuryevna took place on September 4, 1505, on a Thursday. The cou-ple were married in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin by the Metropolitan Simon.3
She was born circa 1490 and married Grand Prince Basil III at the Dormition Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin in 1505. Twenty years later, exasperated at her failure to give birth to an heir, Basil III decided that the reason must be that his wife was barren.
