Dmitry Konstantinovich (; 1323–1383) was Prince of Suzdal and Grand Prince of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal from 1365. He took the title of

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 ...

from his son-in-law,

Dmitry Donskoy Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy (; 12 October 1350 – 19 May 1389) was Prince of Moscow from 1359 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1363 until his death. He was the heir of Ivan II. He was the first prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol ...

, from 1360 to 1363.Димитрий-Фома Константинович
// Russian Biographical Dictionary The famous Shuisky family descends from his eldest son,

Vasily Kirdyapa Vasily Demitryvich Kirdyapa (Russian language, Russian: Василий Дмитриевич Кирдяпа, c. 1350 – 1403) was the eldest son of Dmitry of Suzdal, Dmitri Konstantinovich of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod, a Prince of Suzdal (1364� ...

Biography

A senior descendant of Vsevolod the Big Nest and also of

Yaroslav II of Vladimir Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich (; Christian name: ''Theodor'' (); 8 February 1191 – 30 September 1246), also transliterated as Iaroslav, was Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1238 to 1246. He collaborated with Batu Khan following the Mongol invasion, be ...

(Dmitry was great-grandson of Yaroslav II's third son Andrey II of Vladimir), he inherited Suzdal in 1359 and Nizhny Novgorod in 1365. His policy towards

Tatars Tatars ( )Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...

was conciliatory for the most part, as his eastern lands were continuously exposed to their attacks. After some rivalry with Dmitry of

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, he was installed by the Khan of the

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as the Grand Duke of Vladimir in 1360. During his reign, he repeatedly quarreled with the

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over the raids of Novgorodian pirates who looted his own capital and Tatar markets along the

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. Three years later he was dethroned and had to make peace with Dmitry by marrying him to his daughter, Eudoxia. Joining his army with Dmitry's, he led an allied assault on

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and

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. In 1377, the allied armies were defeated by the Tatars at the Battle on Pyana River, because (as the chronicler put it) they were too drunk to fight. However, in 1382, Dmitry Konstantinovich took the side of Khan

Tokhtamysh Tokhtamysh ( Turki/ Kypchak and Persian: توقتمش; ; ; – 1406) was Khan of the Golden Horde from 1380 to 1395. He briefly succeeded in consolidating the Blue and White Hordes into a single polity. Tokhtamysh belonged to the House of Bo ...

in taking over Moscow and sent his sons to serve in the Tatar army.

Family

He had issue: * Vasiliy Kirdyapa c. 1350–1403, prince of Suzdal. A descendant of 6th generation is Vasili IV tsar of Russia. * (died 2 August 1377 in the Battle on Pyana River). *

Simeon Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew, Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian vocalization, Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated in English as Shimon. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Sy ...

died 1402, prince of Suzdal. A descendant of 8th generation is Michael I Romanov tsar of Russia. * Eudoxia died 1407, married to

grand prince of Moscow.

References

{{s-end 1323 births 1383 deaths Shuysky family Grand princes of Vladimir Eastern Orthodox monarchs Yurievichi family 14th-century Russian princes