Vasily I of Moscow

Vasily I of Moscow

Vasiliy I Dmitriyevich (Russian: Василий I Дмитриевич, 30 December 137127 February 1425), was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1389.

He was the oldest son of Dmitri Donskoi and Grand Princess Eudoxia, daughter of the Grand Prince Dmitry Konstantinovich of Nizhny Novgorod.

Domestic policy

Basil I continued the process of unification of the Russian lands: in 1392, he annexed the principalities of Nizhny Novgorod and Murom; in 1397–1398 – Kaluga, Vologda, Veliki Ustyug and Komi peoples' lands.

During his reign, feudal landownership kept growing. With the growth of princely authority in Moscow, feudals' judicial powers were partially diminished and transferred to Vasili's deputies and heads of volosts.

Foreign policy

To prevent Russia from being attacked by the Golden Horde, Basil I entered into alliance with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1392 and married Sophia of Lithuania, the only daughter of Vytautas the Great. The alliance turned out to be fragile, since Vytautas would later capture Vyazma and Smolensk in 1403–1404.

Timur raided the Slavic lands in 1395; he ruined the Volgan regions but did not penetrate so far as Moscow. Timur's raid was of service to the Russian prince as it damaged the Golden Horde, which for the next twelve years was in a state of anarchy. During the whole of this time no tribute was paid to the khan, Olug Moxammat, though vast sums of money were collected in the Moscow treasury for military purposes. In 1408 Edigu ravaged Russians territory, but was unable to take Moscow. In 1412, however, Basil found it necessary to pay the long-deferred visit of submission to the Horde.

The growing influence of Moscow abroad was underlined by the fact that Basil married his daughter Anna to Emperor John VIII Palaeologus of Byzantium.

Marriage and children

He married Sophia of Lithuania. She was a daughter of Vytautas the Great and his wife Anna. They had nine known children:

*Anna of Moscow (1393 – August 1417), wife of John VIII Palaiologos
*Yury Vasilievich (30 March 139530 November 1400)
*Ivan Vasilievich (15 January 139620 July 1417), husband of a daughter of Ivan Vladimirovich of Pronsk.
*Anastasia Vasilievna (d. 1470), wife of Vladymir Alexander, Prince of Kiev. Her husband was a son of Vladymir, Prince of Kiev. His paternal grandparents were Algirdas and Maria of Vitebsk.
*Daniil Vasilievich (6 December 1400 – May 1402).
*Vasilisa Vasilievna. Married first Alexander Ivanovich "Brukhaty", Prince of Suzdal and secondly his first cousin Alexander Daniilovich "Vzmetenj", Prince of Suzdal. They were both fifth-generation descendants of Andrei II of Vladimir.
*Simeon Vasilievich (13 January7 April 1405)
*Maria Vasilievna. Married Yuri Patrikievich. Her husband was a son of Patrikej, Prince of Starodub and his wife Helena. His paternal grandfather was Narimantas. The marriage solidified his role as a Boyar attached to Moscow.
*Vasily II of Moscow (10 March 141527 March 1462)

ee also

*Rulers of Russia family tree

References

*1911

External links

* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LITHUANIA.htm#Sofiadied1453 His listing, along with her husband, in "Medieval lands" by Charles Cawley.]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Vasily II of Moscow — Vasily II Vasiliyevich Tyomniy (Blind) (Василий II Васильевич Тёмный in Russian) (March 10, 1415 – March 27, 1462, Moscow) was the Grand Prince of Moscow whose long reign (1425 1462) was plagued by the greatest civil war of Old Russian… …   Wikipedia

  • Vasily II — Russian Vasily Varilyevich known as Vasily the Blind born 1415 died March 27, 1462, Moscow Grand Prince of Moscow (1425–62). At age 10 he was named to succeed his father, Vasily I, but for many years his uncle and cousins struggled to wrest the… …   Universalium

  • Vasily Dzhugashvili — Vasily Iosifovich Dzhugashvili (Russian Василий Иосифович Джугашвили), known also as Vasily Stalin (Russian Василий Иосифович Сталин), (March 21 1921 – March 19 1962), was the son of Joseph Stalin and his second wife, Nadezhda Alliluyeva. Early… …   Wikipedia

  • Vasily Dokuchaev — Vasily V. Dokuchaev Vasily Vasili evich Dokuchaev (Russian: Василий Васильевич Докучаев) (1846 – 1903) was a Russian geographer who is credited with laying the foundations of soil science. Contents …   Wikipedia

  • Vasily Aleksanyan — ( ru. Василий Алексанян; born 1972 [http://www.kariera.orc.ru/0809 01/Allst010.html] ru icon] ) is a Russian lawyer and businessman, former Executive Vice President of Yukos oil company. On 6 April 2006 he was arrested as a suspected accomplice… …   Wikipedia

  • Vasily Aksyonov — Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov ( ru. Василий Павлович Аксёнов) (b. 1932) is a Russian novelist who began his career in the Soviet era. He is known in the West as the author of The Burn ( Ожог , Ozhog , from 1975) and the critically… …   Wikipedia

  • Vasily Livanov — Vasily Borisovich Livanov OBE ( ru. Василий Борисович Ливанов) (born 19 July, 1935) is a notable Russian and Soviet film actor, screenwriter, voice actor and the only one to have been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his… …   Wikipedia

  • Vasily Perov — Vasily Grigor evich Perov ( ru. Василий Григорьевич Перов) (January 2 1834 (December 21 1833 Old Style) June 10 (May 29 Old Style) 1882) was a Russian painter and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki, a group of Russian realist painters.… …   Wikipedia

  • Vasily Degtyaryov — Born Vasily Degtyaryov January 2, 1880(1880 01 02) Tula Died January 16, 1949 …   Wikipedia

  • Vasily Tropinin — Vasily Andreevich Tropinin ( ru. Василий Андреевич Тропинин) (OldStyleDate|March 30|1776|March 19 ndash; OldStyleDate|May 16|1857|May 4) was a Russian Romantic painter. Much of his life was spent as a serf; he didn t attain his freedom until he… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”