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Ivan established that the princes of Moscow had first claim on the title of grand prince, and his heirs retained the title almost without interruption. [13] To secure his position and to continue the process of reversing the trend of fragmentation started by his father, Ivan began absorbing surrounding principalities.
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. [178] In practice, the prince could choose whether to participate in such campaigns. [178] As the Muscovite prince annexed other principalities, he brought the nobles there into his ...
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 adoption of Byzantine symbolism and its ceremonial style in effect allowed for the Muscovite grand prince to claim the powers of that of a Byzantine emperor. Russian ruling circles were already well aware of Byzantine traditions, including the court, hierarchy, and symbolism, due in part to most of the Kievan metropolitans and clerics of ...
The Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1500–1503) also known as the Second Lithuanian–Muscovite War was a war between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania led by Alexander Jagiellon, Konstanty Ostrogski and the Livonian Confederation led by Wolter von Plettenberg against the Principality of Moscow led by Ivan III of Russia and Daniil Shchenya and the Crimean Khanate led by Meñli I Giray.
The Muscovite prince Ivan III sided with Crimean khan Meñli I Giray, while Casimir IV Jagiellon of Lithuania and Poland allied himself with the Great Horde. [14] The thus-caused Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1487–1494) was settled by a peace treaty and marriage alliance between Alexander Jagiellon of Lithuania and Helena of Moscow. [16]
The Muscovite War of Succession, [1] [2] or Muscovite Civil War, [3] was a war of succession in the Grand Duchy of Moscow (Muscovy) from 1425 to 1453. [a] The two warring parties were Vasily II, the son of the previous Grand Prince of Moscow Vasily I, and on the other hand his uncle, Yury Dmitrievich, the Prince of Zvenigorod, and the sons of Yuri Dmitrievich, Vasily Kosoy and Dmitry Shemyaka.
The Great Stand on the Ugra River (Russian: Великое стояние на Угре) or the Standing on the Ugra River, [3] also known as the Battle of the Ugra, [4] was a standoff in 1480 on the banks of the Ugra River between the forces of Akhmat Khan of the Great Horde, and Grand Prince Ivan III of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. [5]