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Ivan I Danilovich Kalita (Russian: Иван I Данилович Калита, lit. ' money bag '; c. 1288 – 31 March 1340) was Prince of Moscow from 1325 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1331 until his death in 1340.
The grand prince of Vladimir was the suzerain of all the princes, and so in emergencies, he could summon the princes and their warriors to defend the country. [185] In practice, the prince could choose whether to participate in such campaigns. [185] As the Muscovite prince annexed other principalities, he brought the nobles there into his ...
The grand principality of Vladimir-Suzdal fell apart into feuding appanages over the course of the 13th century. The princes of Moscow were descendants of Daniel. [4] As Daniel never became grand prince of Vladimir before he died in 1303, [5] this meant that according to traditional succession practices, his descendants were izgoi: his son and successor Yury of Moscow had no legitimate claim ...
A wealthy person can have the nickname "moneybag" (or "moneybags"). [5] [6] Marcus Licinius Crassus (c. 115-53 BC), a leading Roman politician in his day, was known in Rome as Dives, meaning "the Rich" or "Moneybags". Ivan I of Moscow ("Ivan the Moneybag") was a Russian Grand Duke of Moscow from 1328-1341 who was famous for being generous with ...
The Imperial Order of Muscovites was an unofficial, unrecognized appendant body to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in the United States, founded in 1894 [1] in Cincinnati, Ohio, and lasting until about 1921. [2] The order apparently stirred controversy within the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
When his brother prince Vasily I of Moscow died in 1425, he and his 10-year-old nephew Vasily started fighting over the right to the throne, causing the Muscovite War of Succession (1425–1453). Intermittently, Shemyaka managed to be recognised twice as Prince of Moscow (1445, 1446–1447).
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After the death of prince Ivan II Ivanovich of Moscow (1359), a lingering dispute between Moscow and Ryazan resurfaced, primarily due to the new Muscovite prince Dmitri Ivanovich (later known as "Donskoy")'s relations with Tver and Lithuania.