Sophia of Lithuania

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Sophia (1371-1453) was the only daughter of Vytautas the Great of Lithuania. Her mother was Anna of Smolensk.

She married Vasili I of Russia. After his death she became regent for their son Vasili II. Her father supported Vasili's claim to the throne, which was disputed by his uncle Yuri of Zvenigorod.

[edit] Children

She and Vasili I of Russia had at least nine children:

• Anna of Moscow (1393 - August, 1417). Married John VIII Palaiologos.
• Yury Vasilievich (30 March 1395 - 30 November 1400).
• Ivan Vasilievich (15 January 1396 - 20 July 1417). Married a daughter of Ivan Vladimirovich of Pronsk.
• Anastasia Vasilievna (d. 1470). Married 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. Married first Alexander Ivanovich "Brukhaty", Prince of Suzdal and secondly his first cousin Alexander Daniilovich "Vzmetenj", Prince of Suzdal. They were both fifth-generation descendants of Andrei II of Vladimir.
• Simeon Vasilievich (13 January - 7 April 1405).
• Maria Vasilievna. Married Yuri Patrikievich. Her husband was a son of Patrikej, Prince of Starodub and his wife Helena. His paternal grandfather was Narimantas. The marriage solidified his role as a Boyar attached to Moscow.
• Vasily II of Moscow (10 March 1415 - 27 March 1462).

[edit] External links

• Her listing, along with her husband, in "Medieval lands" by Charles Cawley. The project "involves extracting and analysing detailed information from primary sources, including contemporary chronicles, cartularies, necrologies and testaments."