Vasili III of Russia

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Vasili III of Russia was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533, known for completing the unification of Russian lands and strengthening centralized Muscovite power.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Prince of Moscow
human
ruler
annexed Pskov
Ryazan NERFINISHED
Smolensk
birthDate 1479-03-25
birthPlace Moscow
burialPlace Archangel Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin
capitalDuringReign Moscow
causeOfDeath illness
child Ivan IV of Russia NERFINISHED
Yuri of Uglich
citizenship Grand Duchy of Moscow NERFINISHED
conflict wars with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
countryRuled Grand Duchy of Moscow NERFINISHED
deathDate 1533-12-03
deathPlace Moscow
dynasty House of Rurik
era early 16th century
late 15th century
father Ivan III of Russia
fullName Vasili III Ivanovich
givenName Vasili NERFINISHED
house House of Moscow Rurikids
implementedPolicy centralization of state power
limitation of boyar autonomy
knownFor completing the unification of Russian lands
strengthening centralized Muscovite power
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
monarchOf Muscovy
mother Sophia Palaiologina
motherDynasty Palaiologos dynasty
nobleFamily Rurikid dynasty
patronymicName Ivanovich
positionHeld Grand Prince of Moscow NERFINISHED
predecessor Ivan III of Russia
reignEnd 1533
reignStart 1505
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
spouse Elena Glinskaya
Solomonia Saburova
style autocratic rule
succeededByRegent Elena Glinskaya
successor Ivan IV of Russia
title Grand Prince of Vladimir NERFINISHED


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