Ivan II of Moscow

Ivan II of Moscow

Ivan II Ivanovich the Fair (Иван II Иванович Красный in Russian) (March 30, 1326 – November 13, 1359) was the second son of Ivan Kalita who succeeded his brother Simeon the Proud, who died of the Black Death, as Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1353. Until that date, he had ruled the towns of Ruza and Zvenigorod.

Reign

Upon succeeding his brother and because of increased civil strife among the Golden Horde, Ivan briefly toyed with the idea of abandoning traditional Moscow allegiance to the Mongols and allying himself with Lithuania, a growing power in the west. This policy was quickly abandoned and Ivan asserted his allegiance to the Golden Horde. [cite book | title=Medieval Russia, 980-1584 | author=Janet Martin| publisher=Cambridge University Press| year=1995| id= ISBN 0521368324| pages=]

Contemporaries described Ivan as an pacific, apathetic ruler, who didn't flinch even when Algirdas of Lithuania captured his father-in-law's capital, Bryansk. [cite book | title=Russia | author=Alfred Rambaud, Edgar Saltus | publisher=P. F. Collier & Son| year=1902| id= | pages=146, 147 [http://books.google.com/books?id=N0UhpH1Lh9wC&pg=PR3&dq=Alfred+Rambaud,+Edgar+Saltus] ] He also allowed Oleg of Riazan to burn villages on his territory. However, Orthodox churchmen aided consolidating the power of the Grand Prince. He received much aid from the capable Metropolitan Alexius. Like his brother, Ivan II was not as successful as his father or grandfather with regards to territorial expansion. Nevertheless, he was able to annex areas southwest of Moscow, including the areas of Borovsk, and Vereya.

He is buried in the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael in Moscow.

Marriages and children

Ivan was married twice. In 1341, Ivan married his first wife Fedosia Dmitrievna of Bryansk. She was a daughter of Dmitry Romanovich, Prince of Bryansk. She died childless in Autumn, 1342.

Ivan remained a widower for three years. In 1345, Ivan married his second wife Alexandra Ivanovna Velyaminova. She was a daughter of Vasily Velyaminov, a mayor of Moscow. They had at least four children:

*Dmitri Donskoi (12 October, 1350 - 19 May, 1389). His successor in the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
*Liuba Ivanovna. Assumed the name "Anna" following her marriage to Dmitry Mikhailovich, Prince of Volhynia (d. 1399). Her husband was a son of Karijotas.
*Ivan Ivanovich, Prince of Zvenigorod (c. 1356 - October, 1364).
*Maria Ivanovna.

ee also

*Rulers of Russia family tree

References

External links

* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/RUSSIA,%20Rurik.htm#DmitryIvanovichDonskoyVladimirdied1389A His listing , along with his children, in "Medieval lands" by Charles Cawley.]


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