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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 ...
It is alternately known as The Eulogy of the Pious Grand Prince Boris Alexandrovich, and has traditionally been interpreted as the origins of the idea of a Third Rome (after the 1453 Fall of Constantinople); although this ideology would later be associated with Moscow, it began in Tver. [4] [5] [6]
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 ...
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.
Muscovite–Tverian victory [2] Moscow sacked (1298) [6] Moscow temporarily acquired Pereslavl-Zalessky (lost in 1340/1) [2] 1305–1485 Muscovite–Tverian wars [uk; ru] (series of short wars, mixed with other conflicts) Principality of Moscow: Principality of Tver: Victory Tver annexed by Moscow (1485) 1327 Tver Uprising of 1327
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 kings of Alba Longa, or Alban kings (Latin: reges Albani), were a series of legendary kings of Latium, who ruled from the ancient city of Alba Longa.In the mythic tradition of ancient Rome, they fill the 400-year gap between the settlement of Aeneas in Italy and the founding of the city of Rome by Romulus. [1]
Robert Guiscard (/ ɡ iː ˈ s k ɑːr / ghee-SKAR, [1] Modern French: [ʁɔbɛʁ ɡiskaʁ]; c. 1015 – 17 July 1085), also referred to as Robert de Hauteville, was a Norman adventurer remembered for his conquest of southern Italy and Sicily in the 11th century.