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Anastasia Of Russia (other)
Anastasia of Russia may refer to: People Born or died 11th and 12th century * Anastasia of Kiev (1023–1074/1096), daughter of Yaroslav the Wise; wife of Andrew I of Hungary * Anastasia Monomachina (died 1067), daughter of Constantine IX Monomachos and first wife of Vsevolod I of Kiev as Princess of Pereyaslavl * Anastasia Yaropolkovna (1074–1159), daughter of Yaropolk Izyaslavich, Prince of Turov and Volyn, and wife of Gleb Vseslavich as Princess of Minsk * Maria of Poland (renamed ''Anastasia'', 1164–1194), daughter of Casimir II the Just, and wife of Vsevolod IV of Kiev Born or died 14th century * Anna Dmitriyevna of Moscow (monastic name Anastasia, born 1387), daughter of Dmitry Donskoy and wife of Yury Patrikiyevich of Lithuania * Anastasia Levievna of Galicia (died 1335), daughter of Lev I of Galicia and wife of Siemowit of Masovia as Duchess of Kuyavia-Brieg * Augusta or Anastasia of Lithuania (died 1345), daughter of Gediminas and wife of Simeon of Moscow * Anastasia Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Of Kiev
Anastasia of Kiev (, Anastasia Yaroslavna; ; 1023 – 1074/1094) was Queen of Hungary by marriage to Andrew I of Hungary, King Andrew the White. Life Anastasia was a daughter of Grand Prince Yaroslav I the Wise of Kiev and Ingigerd Olofsdotter, Ingigerd of Sweden, and the older sister of the French queen Anne of Kiev. Around 1038 Anastasia married Duke Andrew I of Hungary, Andrew of Hungary, who had settled down in Kiev after his father Vazul took part in a failed assassination attempt aimed at King Stephen I of Hungary. In 1046, her husband returned to Hungary and ascended the throne after defeating King Peter Urseolo. Anastasia followed her husband to the kingdom. It was probably she who persuaded her husband to set up a lavra in Tihany for hermits who had come to Hungary from the Kievan Rus'. The royal couple did not have a son until 1053, when Queen Anastasia gave birth to Solomon of Hungary, Solomon. However, Solomon's birth and later coronation caused a bitter conflict b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yury Of Smolensk
Yury Svyatoslavich () or Georgy Svyatoslavovich (; died 1407) was the prince of Smolensk and Bryansk (1386–1395; 1401–1404) whose life was spent in vain attempts to fend off aggression by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Reign In 1386, a war broke out between Algirdas' sons, Skirgaila and Andrei of Polotsk. The latter fled from Polotsk to Smolensk and asked Yury's father for help. The armies of Smolensk and Skirgaila clashed near Mstsislaw in the Battle of the Vikhra River. After Yury's father was killed in battle and his brothers were taken prisoner, the Lithuanians approached Smolensk and allowed Yury to assume the throne on certain conditions, after exacting a sizable indemnity from him. In 1395, while Yury was visiting his father-in-law, Oleg II of Ryazan, Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great took Smolensk and installed his governor there. Four years later, Vytautas was routed by the Tatars in the Battle of the Vorskla River. In 1401, Yury and Oleg made use of his plig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaroslav II Of Kiev
Yaroslav II Iziaslavich (died 1180) was Prince of Turov (1146), Novgorod (1148–1154), Lutsk (1154–1180) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1174–1175; 1180). He was the son of Iziaslav II of Kiev and Agnes Hohenstaufen and the brother of Mstislav II of Kiev. Biography After the murder of Andrey Bogolyubsky Andrey Yuryevich Bogolyubsky (, lit. Andrey Yuryevich of Bogolyubovo; died 28 June 1174) was Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal from 1157 until his death. During repeated internecine wars between the princely clans, Andrey accompanied his father Yuri D ..., Yaroslav's relatives managed to maneuver him into the Kievan throne. He contended with a senior relative, Sviatoslav Vsevolodivich, for over two years before Sviatoslav eventually won power for himself and became the uncontested ruler of Kiev. Family He was married to Richeza, daughter Vladislaus II, King of Bohemia. * Ingvar Yaroslavich (?-1220), prince of Lutsk (1180-1220), Grand Prince of Kiev (1201-1202, 1203, 1204) * Vsevo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg II Of Ryazan
Oleg II Ivanovich (died 1402) was Prince of Ryazan and Grand Prince of Ryazan from 1350 to 1402. He is best known for his rivalry with Prince Dmitry of Moscow and his mysterious role in Battle of Kulikovo The Battle of Kulikovo () was fought between the forces of Mamai, a powerful Mongol military commander of the Golden Horde, and Russian forces led by Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy, Dmitry of Moscow. The battle took place on 8 September 1380, at Ku .... Oleg was nominally an ally of Golden Horde, but he did not participate in the battle, and several of his boyars fought and died on the Russian side. In 2023 he was included as a saint in the Council of Ryazan Saints. He married Euphrosyne and had two sons and four daughters including Agrippina, Alyona, Fyodor, Rodoslav, and Anastasia. His daughter Alyona married Yury of Smolensk. References Grand princes of Ryazan 14th-century Russian princes Sviatoslavichi family 15th-century Russian princes {{Russia-royal- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Gorbatyi-Shuisky
Prince Alexander Borisovich Gorbatyi-Shuisky (; died 1565) was a Russian general during the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Life He belonged to the powerful Shuisky family, being the last scion of its junior branch. His father was one of the successful generals of Vasily III, but Alexander managed to outshine him at an early age. He was made boyar in 1544 and led the Russian armies against Khanate of Kazan in 1547. Five years later, when Kazan was besieged, he annihilated the force of prince Yapancha at Arsk Field, making possible the final conquest of Kazan later that year. In acknowledgement of his important services, he was appointed the first Russian governor of Kazan. During the next decade he not only managed to keep Kazan in Russian hands, but also rebuilt the ruined citadel and converted a large portion of the khanate's population to Christianity. Ivan the Terrible, apparently, grew jealous of Alexander's popularity in Moscow. In 1564, the tsar incriminated him of secret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasili IV Of Russia
Vasili IV Ivanovich Shuisky (, 12 September 1612) was Tsar of all Russia from 1606 to 1610, after the murder of False Dmitri I. His rule coincided with the Time of Troubles. He was the only member of Shuysky, House of Shuisky to become tsar and the last member of the Rurikid dynasty (Yurievichi branch) to rule as tsar. Life He was a son of Ivan Andreyevich Shuisky. Born Knyaz, Prince Vasili Ivanovich Shuisky, he descended from the Yurievichi sovereign princes of Nizhny Novgorod, and was allegedly a 20th-generation male-line descendant of the 9th-century Varangian prince Rurik. Vasili Ivanovich was one of the leading boyars of the Tsardom of Russia during the reigns of Feodor I of Russia , Feodor I () and Boris Godunov (). In the court intrigues of the Time of Troubles (1598–1613), Vasily and his younger brother Dmitry Shuisky usually acted together and fought as one. It was Shuisky who, in obedience to the secret orders of tsar-to-be Boris, went to Uglich to inquire i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (; – 17 July 1918) was the youngest daughter of Nicholas II of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife, Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Anastasia was the younger sister of Grand Duchesses Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Tatiana, and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Maria (commonly known together as the OTMA sisters) and was the elder sister of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia. She was Murder of the Romanov family, murdered with her family by a group of Bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg on 17 July 1918. Persistent rumors of her possible escape circulated after her death, fueled by the fact that the location of her burial was unknown during the decades of Communist Party of the Soviet Union, communist rule. The abandoned mine serving as a mass grave near Yekaterinburg which held the acidified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Anastasia Of Montenegro
Princess Anastasia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro (4 January [Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. 23 December 1867] 1868 – 25 November 1935) was the daughter of Nicholas I of Montenegro, King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro (1841–1921) and his wife, Milena of Montenegro, Queen Milena (1847–1923). Through her second marriage, she became Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia. She and her sister "Militza" (Milica of Montenegro, Princess Milica), having married Russian royal brothers, were known colloquially as the "Montenegrin princesses" or the "Black peril" during the last days of Imperial Russia, and may have contributed to its downfall by the introduction of Grigori Rasputin to the Alexandra Fyodorovna (Alix of Hesse), Empress Alexandra. Life Early life Princess Anastasia was born in Cetinje, Montenegro, on 4 January 1868, the third child and daughter of Nicholas I of Montenegro, King Nicholas I of Montenegro. Although named Anastasia at birth a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna De Torby
Lady Anastasia Mikhailovna Wernher (' Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby; 9 September 1892 – 7 December 1977), also known as Lady Zia Wernher, was a German-born Russian-British aristocrat and thoroughbred racehorse owner. She was the elder daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia by his morganatic wife, Countess Sophie Nikolaievna of Merenberg. She was the owner of ''Charlottown'', winner of the 1966 Epsom Derby. Early life Born on 9 September 1892 in Wiesbaden, Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby, known as Zia, was the first child and elder daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, a grandson of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, by his morganatic wife, Countess Sophie Nikolaievna of Merenberg. Her mother was herself the morganatic daughter of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau and Natalia Alexandrovna Pushkina, daughter of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Following her parents' elopement to San Remo in 1891 and consequent banishment from Russia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna Of Russia
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (; 28 July 1860 – 11 March 1922) was by birth member of the House of Romanov and a Grand Duchess of Russia and by marriage Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Early life Anastasia was born as the only daughter and second child of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and his wife, Princess Cecilie of Baden. Emperor Nicholas I of Russia was her paternal grandfather. Biography She was raised in the Caucasus, where she lived between 1862 and 1878 with her family. In 1879, aged only eighteen, she married Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (her second cousin once removed, she great-granddaughter and he being the great-great-grandson of Paul I of Russia) who in 1883 became the reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was described in her brother Sandro's memoirs: "We worshipped that tall, dark-haired girl, who was the exclusive favourite of our father; but when talking to her, we liked to pose as faithfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasily I Of Moscow
Vasily I Dmitriyevich (; 30 December 137127 February 1425) was Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow from 1389. He was the heir of Dmitry Donskoy, who reigned from 1359 to 1389. He entered an alliance with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1392 and married Sophia, the only daughter of Vytautas, though the alliance turned out to be fragile, and they waged war against each other in 1406–1408. The raid on the Volga region in 1395 by the Turco-Mongol emir Timur resulted in a state of anarchy for the Golden Horde and the independence of Moscow. In 1412, Vasily resumed submission to the Horde. Family and early life Vasily was the oldest son of Dmitry Donskoy and Grand Princess Eudoxia, daughter of Grand Prince Dmitry Konstantinovich of Nizhny Novgorod. Reign While still a young man, 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 '' yarlik'' (patent) for his father for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
