Yaroslav III Yaroslavich (; 1230–1271) was the first

Prince of Tver The Prince of Tver () was the ruler of the Principality of Tver. The princes of Tver descended from the first prince, Yaroslav Yaroslavich (). They are also known as the "Iaroslavichi" or "Yaroslavichi of Tver", or the "Mikhailovichi of Tver". In ...

from 1247, and

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from 1263 until his death in 1271. All the later princes of

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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

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Yaroslav was a son of Yaroslav II and a younger brother of

Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (; ; monastic name: ''Aleksiy''; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) was Prince of Novgorod (1236–1240; 1241–1256; 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1249–1263), and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–1263). ...

. In 1247, he received from his uncle the town of

. In 1252, Yaroslav and his brother

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seized Alexander's capital,

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. 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

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after Alexander's son Vasily was expelled; Alexander returned to the city to dismiss the ''

posadnik A posadnik (, ) was a representative of the prince in some towns during the times of Kievan Rus', and later the highest-ranking official (mayor) in Novgorod (from 1136) and Pskov (from 1308). In the early 12th century, Novgorod won the right to ...

'' and by the next year, Vasily was sent back to reign. In 1258, he visited the khan's capital in Sarai, and two years later led the Novgorod army against the

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. Upon Alexander's death in 1263, Yaroslav quarrelled with Andrey as to who should become Grand Prince next. They went to the

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for arbitration, which was in favour of Yaroslav. The latter, however, settled in Novgorod and married a daughter of one local boyar. Various Novgorodian factions still conspired against him and sought to place his brother

Vasily of Kostroma Vasily Yaroslavich (1241 – January 1276) was a Grand Duke of Vladimir. He was the youngest son of Yaroslav II, he was given Kostroma by his uncle Svyatoslav III in 1246. As the eldest surviving grandson of Vsevolod III, he succeeded to V ...

or Alexander's son

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on the throne. In 1270, the armies of three princes stood for a week near the town of

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, ready for battle. The metropolitan, however, managed to reconcile them. Yaroslav, on surrendering Novgorod to his nephew, accompanied him to Sarai. He died on his way back to Tver on 9 September 1271 and was succeeded in Tver by his eldest son Svyatoslav and then by Mikhail.

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