Simeon Ivanovich

Simeon Ivanovich

Simeon Ivanovich ( Russian Симеон Иванович , scientific transliteration Simeon Ivanovič ; * 1316 ; † 1353 ), called Gordy ("the proud"), from the Rurikids dynasty, was Grand Duke of Vladimir Moscow from 1341 . He was a son of Ivan Kalita .

After the death of his father, Simeon, like each of his brothers and Ivan's wife, received a quarter of the Principality of Moscow; however, his inheritance included the most important cities of Moscow, Moshaisk and Kolomna as well as the dignity of Vladimir. He avoided possible family disputes through a contractual arrangement with his younger brothers. Henceforth the sovereign rights of the territories of the principality were no longer divided, only the income. External representation remained with Simeon. He was awarded the title of Grand Duke by the Great Khan after previous bribes and thus prevailed against his Russian competitors from Tver and Suzdal . Simeon benefited from the fact that his father had established Moscow's hegemony in Russia . The conflict with Tver did not flare up again either. This agreement was underlined by the marriage of Simeon to the princess Maria from Tver in 1346 after his first wife Aigustė Anastasia of Lithuania had died a year earlier. With Maria he fathered four sons, who all died early in childhood. In order to secure the title of Grand Duke and to maintain good relations with the Great Khan of the Tatars , he traveled five times to Sarai, the center of the Golden Horde . In 1353, Simeon fell victim to an epidemic of plague that broke out all over Rus. The rule passed to his brother Ivan II .

literature

• Vladimir Boguslawski: Slawjanskaja enziklopedija: Kijewskaja Rus-Moskowija: Tom 2 . Olma Medija Group, 2001, ISBN 978-5-224-02251-9 , pp. 345-348. (Russian)

Web links

• Entry in the encyclopedia "Krugosvet" (Russian)

predecessor	Office	successor
Ivan I.	Grand Duke of Vladimir Moscow 1341–1353	Ivan II