Vasily I Dmitriyevich Donskoy (grand prince of Moscow )

   Василий I Дмитриевич

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Personal and Family Information

Vasily was born on 30 DEC 1371, the son of saint Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy and Eudoxia Dmitriyevna of Moscow. The place is not known.

He died on 27 FEB 1425. The place is not known.

His wife was Sofija Vytautaitė. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their nine known children were Anna Vasilievna (1393-1417), Yury Vasilievich (1395-1400), Ivan Vasilievich (1396-1417), Anastasia Vasilievna (?-1470), Daniil Vasilievich (1400-1402), Vasilisa Vasilievna (?-?), Simeon Vasilievich (1405-1405), Maria Vasilievna (?-?) and Vasily II Vasiliyevich (1415-1462).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Vasily I Dmitriyevich Donskoy
(1371-1425)

 

saint Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy
(1350-1389)

 

Ivan II Ivanovich
(1326-1359)

 

Ivan I Daniilovich Kalita
(1288-1341)

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Alexandra Vasilyevna Velyaminova
(-1364)

 

Vasily Velyaminov
 

 
     
 
 
   

Eudoxia Dmitriyevna of Moscow
(-1407)

 

Dmitri Konstantinovich of Suzdal
(<1324-1383/84)

 

Konstantin Vassilievitch of Susdal
(-c1355)

 
     
 
 
   

Vasilissa Konstantinova Rostowskaja
 

 

Konstantin III Vasilievich Rostovsky
(c1312-c1365)

 
   

Maria Fetiniya Ivanovna
(c1318-1365)

 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth 30 DEC 1371
Death 27 FEB 1425

Attributes

AttributeDateDescriptionDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Nobility Title FROM 1389 TO 1425 grand prince of Moscow

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Notes

Note 1

He ruled as a Great Horde vassal between 1389-1395, and again in 1412-1425. Mongol emir Timur's raid on the Volgan regions in 1395 resulted in the Golden Horde's state of anarchy for the next years and the independence of Moscow.