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The grand princes of Moscow, once they entrenched their status as the supreme prince with regard to other Russian princes, typically left a will in which they appointed their eldest son as heirs to the title of grand prince; [85] this did not fully conform to traditional succession practices, and in 1497, Ivan III went one step further by ...
Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych [7] (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, romanized: Volodiměr Svętoslavič; [a] [b] [9] Christian name: Basil; [10] c. 958 – 15 July 1015), given the epithet "the Great", [11] was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015.
Grand prince or great prince (feminine: grand princess or great princess) (Latin: magnus princeps; Swedish: Storfurste; German: Großfürst; Greek: Μέγας Αρχών, romanized: Megas Archon; Russian: великий князь, romanized: velikiy knyaz) is a title of nobility ranked in honour below Emperor, equal to Archduke, King, Grand duke and Prince-Archbishop; above a Sovereign Prince ...
The Prince of Vladimir, [1] from 1186 [2] Grand Prince of Vladimir (Russian: Великий князь Владимирский), [3] 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. [4]
This is a list of those members of the Russian imperial family who bore the title velikiy knjaz (usually translated into English as grand duke, but more accurately grand prince). This courtesy title was borne by the sons and male-line grandsons of the Emperor of all the Russias , along with the style of His Imperial Highness .
Grand Prince. His Imperial Highness The Grand Prince (Его Императорское Высочество Великий Князь) * Descendants of the House of Romanov. After the introduction of the title Prince of Blood Imperial, the title of Grand Prince was reserved for sons and grandsons of Romanov emperors. Your Imperial Highness
Ivan III Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван III Васильевич; 22 January 1440 – 27 October 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, [note 1] [1] [2] [3] was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1462 until his death in 1505.
Grand Prince of Vladimir r. 1212–1216, r. 1218–1238: Yaroslav II 1191–1246 Grand Prince of Vladimir r. 1238–1246: Sviatoslav III 1196–1252 Grand Prince of Vladimir r. 1246–1248: Rostislav Mikhailovich aft. 1210–1262 Duke of Macsó: Roman the Great c. 1152 –1205 Grand Prince of Kiev 1201/ 1204: Ingvar c. 1152 –1220 Grand Prince ...