Sophia of Lithuania

Sophia of Lithuania

Sophia (1371–1453) was the only daughter of Vytautas the Great of Lithuania and his first wife Anna. On January 21 1391, while her father was engaged in the Lithuanian Civil War, she married Vasili I of Russia. After his death in 1425 she became regent for their ten-year old son Vasili II. Her father supported Vasili's claim to the throne, which was disputed by his uncle Yuri of Zvenigorod.

Children

She and Vasili I of Russia had at least nine children:
*Anna of Moscow (1393 – August 1417), wife of John VIII Palaiologos
*Yury Vasilievich (30 March 139530 November 1400)
*Ivan Vasilievich (15 January 139620 July 1417), husband of a daughter of Ivan Vladimirovich of Pronsk
*Anastasia Vasilievna (d. 1470), wife of Vladymir Alexander, Prince of Kiev. Her husband was a son of Vladymir, Prince of Kiev. His paternal grandparents were Algirdas and Maria of Vitebsk.
*Daniil Vasilievich (6 December 1400 – May 1402).
*Vasilisa Vasilievna, wife of Alexander Ivanovich "Brukhaty", Prince of Suzdal, and Alexander Daniilovich "Vzmetenj", Prince of Suzdal
*Simeon Vasilievich (13 January7 April 1405)
*Maria Vasilievna, wife of Yuri Patrikievich. Her husband was a son of Patrikej, Prince of Starodub and his wife Helena. His paternal grandfather was Narimantas.
*Vasily II of Moscow (10 March 141527 March 1462)

External links

* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/RUSSIA,%20Rurik.htm#VasilyIdied1425 Her listing, along with her husband, in "Medieval lands" by Charles Cawley.]


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