Grand Prince of Russia

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head of state royal title

The Grand Prince of Russia was the medieval and early modern sovereign ruler of the Russian principalities, a title that preceded and evolved into the role of Tsar.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state → royal title →
associatedWithConcept	gathering of the Russian lands →
associatedWithDynasty	House of Moscow NERFINISHED → Rurik dynasty NERFINISHED →
associatedWithRegion	Eastern Europe NERFINISHED →
capitalOftenLocatedIn	Moscow NERFINISHED → Vladimir NERFINISHED →
country	Russia →
evolvedInto	Tsar of All Rus' NERFINISHED →
followedBy	Emperor of All Russia NERFINISHED → Tsar of Russia NERFINISHED →
governedFrom	Kremlin in Moscow NERFINISHED →
governmentForm	monarchy →
heldAuthorityOver	boyars → lesser princes →
languageOfTitle	Old East Slavic → Russian →
legitimizedBy	Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED →
notableTitleHolder	Dmitry Donskoy NERFINISHED → Ivan III of Russia NERFINISHED → Ivan IV of Russia NERFINISHED → Vasily II of Moscow NERFINISHED →
precededBy	Prince of Novgorod NERFINISHED →
relatedTitle	Grand Prince of Kiev → Grand Prince of Moscow → Grand Prince of Vladimir NERFINISHED →
religionTraditionally	Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED →
role	highest judicial authority → military leader → overlord of other princes → supreme ruler of Rus' lands →
sovereignOf	Grand Duchy of Moscow NERFINISHED → Grand Duchy of Vladimir NERFINISHED → Russian principalities NERFINISHED →
succeededByInstitution	Tsardom of Russia NERFINISHED →
symbolOf	unity of Russian lands →
timePeriod	Middle Ages → early modern period →
titlePrevalentFromCentury	12th century →
titlePrevalentUntilCentury	16th century →
typicalStyle	Grand Duke → Grand Prince →
usedIn	Grand Duchy of Moscow NERFINISHED → Grand Duchy of Vladimir NERFINISHED → Kievan Rus' NERFINISHED → Vladimir-Suzdal NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ivan VI of Russia →	heldTitle