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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 ...
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 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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples ...
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.
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 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.