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Dmitry I of Moscow

Dmitry of the Don
Dmitry Donskoi (Millennium Monument in Novgorod).jpg
Grand Prince of Moscow
Reign 13 November 1359 – 19 May 1389
Predecessor Ivan II
Successor Vasiliy I
Born (1350-10-12)12 October 1350
Moscow, Grand Duchy of Moscow
Died 19 May 1389(1389-05-19) (aged 38)
Moscow, Grand Duchy of Moscow
Burial Cathedral of the Archangel, Moscow Kremlin
Consort Eudoxia Dmitriyevna
Issue Daniil Dmitriyevich
Yury Vasiliyevich
Vasily Dmitriyevich
Sofiya Dmitriyevna
Yury Dmitriyevich
Maria Dmitriyevna
Anastasia Dmitriyevna
Simeon Dmitriyevich
Ivan Dmitriyevich
Andrey Dmitriyevich
Pyotr Dmitriyevich
Anna Dmitriyevna
Konstantin Dmitriyevich
Full name
Dmitry Ivanovich
Dynasty Rurik
Father Ivan II
Mother Alexandra Vasilyevna Velyaminova
Full name
Dmitry Ivanovich

Saint Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Донско́й,also known as Dimitrii or Demetrius), or Dmitry of the Don, sometimes referred to simply as Dmitry (12 October 1350 in Moscow – 19 May 1389 in Moscow), son of Ivan II the Fair of Moscow (1326–1359), reigned as the Prince of Moscow from 1359 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1363 to his death. He was the first prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol authority in Russia. His nickname, Donskoy (i.e., "of the Don"), alludes to his great victory against the Tatars in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380), which took place on the Don River. He is venerated as a Saint in the Orthodox Church with his feast day on 19 May.

Dmitry ascended the throne of the Principality of Moscow at the age of 9. During his minority, Russia's Metropolitan Aleksey ran the government. In 1360 Khizr-khan  ( ), Khan of the Golden Horde, transferred the title most prized among Russian princes, that of Grand Prince of Vladimir, to Dmitry Konstantinovich of Nizhniy Novgorod. In 1363, after that prince was deposed, Dmitry Ivanovich was crowned at Vladimir. Three years later, he made peace with Dmitry Konstantinovich and married his daughter Eudoxia. In 1376 their joint armies ravaged Volga Bulgaria.


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