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Mikhail II Of Tver
Mikhail Alexandrovich () (1333 – August 26, 1399) was Grand Prince of Tver and briefly held the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir. He was one of only two Tver princes after 1317 (the other was his father, Aleksandr) to hold the grand princely title, which was almost the exclusive purview of the Muscovite princes. Mikhail Alexandrovich was the third son of Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver. Mikhail grew up in Pskov, where his father had fled after the Tver Uprising of 1327. He was christened by the Archbishop of Novgorod, Vasily Kalika, in 1333. Five years later, he and his mother were called to Tver when Aleksandr returned to the city. In 1341, he went to Novgorod where Archbishop Vasily taught him reading and writing (which would have meant reading the Scriptures). In 1368, he became prince of Tver. Mikhail Alexandrovich was among the last princes to seriously threaten the Grand Duchy of Moscow for possession of the office of Grand Prince of Vladimir, hoping to unseat Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Novgorod
The Prince of Novgorod () was the title of the ruler of Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod in present-day Russia. From 1136, it was the title of the figurehead leader of the Novgorod Republic. The position was originally an appointed one until the late 11th or early 12th century, then became something of an elective one until the early 14th century, after which the grand prince of Vladimir (who was almost always the prince of Moscow) was almost invariably the prince of Novgorod as well. The title originates sometime in the 9th century when, according to tradition, the Varangian chieftain Rurik and his brothers were invited to rule over the East Slavs, East Slavic and Finnic peoples, Finnic tribes of northwest Russia, but reliable information about it dates only to the late 10th century when Vladimir the Great, Vladimir, the youngest son of Sviatoslav I, was made the prince of Novgorod. During the reign of Ivan III of Russia, Ivan III, the title was restored and Novgorod was include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphrosyne Of Opole
Euphrosyne of Opole () (1228/30 – 4 November 1292) was a Polish duchess and regent. She was a daughter of duke Casimir I of Opole and his wife Viola, Duchess of Opole, and a member of the House of Piast. She was Duchess of Kuyavia from her first marriage to Casimir I of Kuyavia, and Duchess of Pomerania from her second marriage to Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania. She acted as regent of the Duchy of Kuyavia during the minority of her son Władysław I the Elbow-high in 1267-1275. Life Euphrosyne's paternal grandparents were Mieszko I Tanglefoot and his wife Ludmilla, a disputed Bohemian princess from the Přemyslid dynasty. Mieszko was son of Władysław II the Exile, Duke of High Poland and his wife Agnes of Babenberg. Agnes was daughter of Leopold III, Margrave of Austria and his wife Agnes of Germany, who was a daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and his first wife Bertha of Savoy. Euphrosyne's maternal family are disputed. Some believe her mother, Viola wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casimir I Of Kuyavia
Casimir I of Kuyavia (; – 14 December 1267) was a Polish prince and a member of the House of Piast. He was Duke of Kujawy after 1233, ruler over Ląd, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Ląd from 1239 to 1261, ruler over Wyszogród after 1242, Duke of Sieradz from 1247 to 1261, Duke of Łęczyca after 1247, and Duke of Dobrzyń nad Wisłą, Dobrzyń after 1248. He was the second son of Konrad I of Masovia and his wife Agafia of Rus. He was probably named after his grandfather, Casimir II the Just. Life Casimir I received Kujawy (however without Dobrzyń) from his father in 1233. In 1239, he would enlarge his domains with the castellany of Ląd, which he received as the dowry of his second wife. In subsequent years, Casimir I actively supported his father's turbulent politics, which brought him in 1242 to conquer the district of Wyszogród from the rulers of Gdańsk. Konrad I died on 31 August 1247. According to his will, most of Masovia passed to his oldest son, Bolesław I of Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constance Of Hungary, Queen Of Galicia
Constance of Hungary (, ) (c. 1237–1302), was a Queen consort of Galicia and a Grand Princess of Kiev by marriage to Leo I of Galicia, Grand Prince of Kiev (r. 1271–1301).Енциклопедія українознавства : Словникова частина : � 11 т./ Наукове товариство імені Шевченка; гол. ред. проф., д-р Володимир Кубійович. — Париж — Нью-Йорк : Молоде життя, 1955—1995. She was the daughter of Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. Family King Bela IV had ten children. Constance's sisters were St. Kunegunda, married to the Kraków-Sandomir prince Boleslaw V the Chaste, Bl. Yolanda of Poland, married to Prince Bolesław the Pious of Kalisz, Anna of Hungary, married to the eternal rival of the {{ill, Romanovychs, uk, Романовичі for the Galician throne, Ban of Machva and Slavonia Rostislav Mikhailovich, Elizabeth of Hungary, married to Duke of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo I Of Galicia
Leo I of Galicia (; – c. 1301) was King of Ruthenia, Prince of Belz (1245–1264), Przemyśl, Galicia (1264–1269), and Kiev (1271–1301). He was a son of King Daniel of Galicia and his first wife, Anna Mstislavna Smolenskaia (daughter of Mstislav Mstislavich the Bold). As his father, Lev was a member of the senior branch of Vladimir II Monomakh descendants. Early life As a child, Leo took part in the Battle of Jarosław, in which his father defeated the coalition of prince Rostislav Mikhailovich, a pretender to Galician throne, and returned control over Halych. In 1247, Leo married Constance, the daughter of Béla IV of Hungary. In 1252 he supported his younger brother Roman Danylovich in Bohemia during the fight over the Austrian succession of the Babenberg dynasty. Later that year he led Galician troops against the Tatars near Bakota. In the following years Leo helped Daniel to fight against the Yotvingians, Lithuanians and forces of the Golden Horde. In 1262 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Borisovich
Dmitry Borisovich (; 11 September 1253, in Rostov – 1294, in Rostov) was a Russian nobleman. He was the eldest of the three sons of Prince Rostov Boris Vasylkovych from his marriage to Princess Maria Yaroslavna of Murom. He was Prince of Rostov (1278–1286 and 1288–1294) and Prince of Uglich Uglich ( rus, У́глич, p=ˈuɡlʲɪtɕ) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River. Population: History The city was first documented in 1148 as ''Ugliche Pole'' (''Corner Field''). The town's name is thou ... (1285–1288). Sources *http://www.biografija.ru/show_bio.aspx?id=112862 {{DEFAULTSORT:Borisovich 1253 births 1294 deaths 13th-century princes from Kievan Rus' People from Rostov Princes of Rostov Yurievichi family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenia Of Tarusa
Xenia of Tarusa () ( – 1312), also known as Kseniya Yurievna (), (also Ksenia) was a Princess consort of Tver and Grand Princess consort of Vladimir from 1267 to 1271. She is counted among the saints of the Russian Orthodox Church. Xenia of Tarusa was a daughter of Youri Mikhailovich, Prince of Tarusa. She married Yaroslav III (Yaroslav Yaroslavich), Prince of Tver and Grand Prince of Vladimir The Prince of Vladimir, from 1186 Grand Prince of Vladimir (), also translated as Grand Duke of Vladimir, was the title of the monarch of Vladimir-Suzdal. The title was passed to the prince of Moscow in 1389. Overview The monarch of Vladimir-Su ... in 1265. During her marriage and the reign of her husband she was unusually influential in the affairs of the state and remained so even after Yaroslav's death in 1271. Soon after she retired to the women's monastery in Novgorod, yet continued to play an influential role in the affairs of the principality. She died in 1312 as a nun and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaroslav Of Tver
Yaroslav III Yaroslavich (; 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. Yaroslav and his son Mikhail presided over Tver's transformation into one of the greatest centres of power in medieval Russia which would compete with Moscow. Life Yaroslav was a son of Yaroslav II and a younger brother of Alexander Nevsky. In 1247, he received from his uncle the town of Tver. In 1252, Yaroslav and his brother Andrey seized Alexander's capital, Pereslavl-Zalessky. Reinforced by Tatar units, Alexander presently fought it back, taking prisoner Yaroslav's children and leaving his wife as a casualty on the field of battle. Yaroslav fled to Ladoga, and in 1255, he became the prince of Novgorod after Alexander's son Vasily was expelled; Alexander returned to the city to dismiss the '' posadnik'' and by the next year, Vasily was sent back to reign. In 1258, he visited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia Of Kuyavia
Euphemia of Kuyavia (c. 1265 – 18 March 1308) was a Kuyavian princess and Queen consort of Galicia-Volhynia. She was the daughter of Casimir I of Kuyavia by his third wife Euphrosyne, daughter of Casimir I of Opole. Euphemia was sister of Władysław I the Elbow-high, the wife of Yuri I of Galicia, and the mother of Andrew of Galicia and Lev II of Galicia. The only preserved evidence of Euphemia's existence is from Jan Długosz's Yearbooks, which reported that Euphemia died on 18 March 1308. She was the daughter of Prince Casimir and the wife of Yuri I, who died in the same year on 21 April, which was also his birthday. Biography Birth Her parents' marriage was concluded in mid 1257, and her father died on 14 December 1267. Thus, Euphemia soon after the wedding. Literature puts her birth at around 1265. In the absence of sources of an accurate date of birth, it is not possible to determine when Euphemia was born. It is most likely that Euphemia was named after her aunt, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri I Of Galicia
Yuri I of Galicia (, 24 April 1252 (1257/1262) – 18 March 1308/1315) was King of Ruthenia and Prince of Volhynia. Reign In 1264–1301, Yuri ruled as Prince of Belz. Initially a ruler of Kholm and Podlachia, after his father's death he united all lands of Galicia-Volhynia into one principality with its capital in Volodymyr. During his tenure Poland regained the Lublin region and Hungary seized a part of Transcarpathia. However, in general Yuri's reign was largely peaceful and his realm flourished economically. He maintained especially close relations with the princes of Kuyavia in Poland, marrying Euphemia, the sister of Władysław Łokietek. After the Metropolitan of Kyiv had moved his seat to Vladimir in the north, Yuri succeeded in securing the establishment of the Metropolis of Halych by Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople in 1303, which included the eparchies of Halych, Volodymyr, Peremyshl, Lutsk, Kholm and Turov. In 1308, Yuri promoted the nomination of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Of Kashin
Anna of Kashin (; – 2 October 1368) was a princess consort of Mikhail of Tver. She is revered as a saint Right-Believing princess, patroness of Kashin (town), Kashin and Tver. She is known both for her dramatic lifetime fate (the death of almost all relatives during internecine strife) and for no less complicated posthumous vicissitudes: she was Canonization, canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1650, but the struggle of the times of the raskol, schism of the Russian Church in the 17th century led to the decanonization in 1677 — a precedent in the history of the Russian Church. In 1908, her sainthood was officially restored by Nicholas II of Russia, Nicholas II. On next year, crowded celebrations in Kashin were held on the occasion of the restoration of the veneration. Life Anna was a daughter of Prince Dmitry Borisovich of Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast, Rostov and a great-granddaughter of Vasilko Konstantinovich, Prince Vasily of Rostov. From her earliest years, Anna wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
