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Yaroslav III Yaroslavich (Russian: Ярослав Ярославич; 1230–1271) was the first Prince of Tver from 1247, and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1263 until his death in 1271. All the later princes of Tver descended from him.
In the 1230s or the 1240s, Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, the grand prince of Vladimir, detached the city of Tver from the Pereyaslavl-Zalessky principality (where it previously belonged), and gave it to his son Alexander Nevsky.
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Descendants of Prince Yaroslav Yaroslavich (brother of Alexander Nevsky and son of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich) founded the principality in 1246. Under their rule Tver rivaled Moscow for supremacy in northeastern Russia during the 14th and 15th centuries.
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The Prince of Tver (Russian: Князь тверской) was the title of the ruler of the Principality of Tver. The princes of Tver descended from the first prince, Yaroslav Yaroslavich (r. 1247–1271). In 1485, Tver was formally annexed by Moscow and became an appanage.
NameLifespanReign StartReign EndYaroslav YaroslavichЯрослав ...1230–1272124716 September 1272Svyatoslav YaroslavichСвятослав ...?–128512721282/1285Saint Mikhail I YaroslavichМихаил ...1272–131812861318Dmitry Mikhailovichthe Fearsome ...1299–132613181326In 1247 Tver became the capital of the Tver Principality which was granted to Yaroslavl Yaroslavich - the brother of Aleksandr Nevsky and the founder of the Tver dynasty of Ryurikid princes.
YAROSLAV YAROSLAVICH (d. 1271), grand prince of Vladimir, the first independent prince of Tver, and the progenitor of the town's dynasty. Yaroslav Yaroslavich became prince of Tver in 1247 when his uncle Svyatoslav gave patrimonies to all his nephews, the sons of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich.
Yaroslav III Yaroslavich (Russian: Ярослав Ярославич; 1230–1271) was the first Prince of Tver from 1247, and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1263 until his death in 1271. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yaroslav of Tver has received more than 70,673 page views.
