Vasily III.

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Grand Duke Vasily III.

Vasily III. Ivanovich ( Russian Васи́лий III. Ива́нович ; * March 25, 1479 in Moscow ; † December 4, 1533 ibid) was Grand Duke of Moscow from 1505 to 1533 .

Life

Vasily was a son of Grand Duke Ivan III. and the Byzantine princess Sofia Palaiologa .

Vasily continued the well-founded great power politics of his father. Like him, he was an energetic ruler and is considered to have completed the unification of the Russian lands around Moscow.

He led the struggle for the further centralization of the Russian state and the inclusion of the remaining Russian principalities in the Moscow Empire . In 1510 the city of Pskov was conquered and incorporated into the Moscow Empire; 1514 Smolensk , 1521 Ryazan and 1522 Novgorod-Seversk .

Vasily coded and legitimized the autocracy for his successors.

Domestic politics

In domestic politics, Vasily relied on the Church, which stood by him against the opposition of the nobility . He proceeded against his domestic political opponents with executions and exiles . During his reign, the aristocratic estates took on significant proportions. The Grand Duke decreed measures to restrict the immunities and privileges of the princely and boyar aristocracy.

Due to the late birth of his heir to the throne Ivan the Terrible , his rule was followed by a long period of reign, first his wife Helena Glinskaja , after her mysterious death that of the influential boyars .

Foreign policy

In his foreign policy, Vasily campaigned for the recovery of the Russian lands in the west and south-west that were torn from Lithuania and Poland . He also took action against the Crimean Khanate and the Kazan Khanate . As a result of the wars with Lithuania (1507-1522) he regained Smolensk in 1514 . Under him there was also a considerable revival of relations between Moscow Russia and foreign powers (embassy of Siegmund von Herberstein ).

progeny

Vasily was married twice. First in 1505 with Solomonija Jurjewna Saburowa ( Russian Соломония Юрьевна Сабурова ) (approx. 1490–18 December 1542), daughter of Prince Yuri Konstantinowitsch Saburow , then from 1526 with Helena Glinskaja , who gave birth to the following sons:

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Karamzin, August Wilhelm Tappe: History of Russia, according to Karamsín: From Dimītri Donskói to Johann IV. Arnold, Dresden / Leipzig 1831, p. 11 f.
predecessor Office successor
Ivan III Grand Duke of Moscow
1505–1533 		Ivan IV
(Tsar of Russia)
personal data
SURNAME Vasily III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vasily III. Ivanovich; Васи́лий III. Ива́нович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Grand Duke of Moscow (1505–1533)
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1479
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH December 4, 1533
Place of death Moscow