Maria of Tver
| Maria Borisovna | |
|---|---|
| Grand Princess consort of Moscow | |
| Tenure | 1462–1467 |
| Spouse | Ivan III of Russia |
| Issue | Ivan Ivanovich |
| Father | Boris Alexandrovich of Tver |
| Born | c. 1442? |
| Died | 1467 |
| Burial |
Ascension Convent, Kolomenskoye Archangel Cathedral, Kremlin (1929) |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox |
Maria Borisovna of Tver (Мария Борисовна in Russian) (1447 – 1467) was the first wife, married 1452, of Grand Prince Ivan III[1] and daughter of Boris Alexandrovich of Tver.[2]
When Vasili II (Ivan III's father) was getting ready to attack Dmitry Shemyaka, he found an ally in the person of Boris of Tver. The two decided to seal the alliance by arranging a betrothal between the future Ivan III and Maria of Tver in 1452.[2] It appears that she died from poisoning in 1467. However, if one is to believe Joseph Volotsky, she had been suffering from "infirmity" since childhood. She gave birth to Ivan the Young in 1458.
References
- ↑ Reinventing the Russian Monarchy in the 1550s: Ivan the Terrible, the Dynasty, and the Church, Sergei Bogatyrev, The Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 85, No. 2 (Apr., 2007), 278 note 29.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Appanage and Muscovite Russia, Nikolay Andreyev, Companion to Russian Studies: Volume 1: An Introduction to Russian History, ed. Robert Auty, Dimitri Obolensky, (Cambridge University Press, 1991), 90.
| Maria of Tver Born: c. 1442? – 1467 | ||
| Russian royalty | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vacant Title last held by Maria Yaroslavna of Borovsk |
Grand Princess consort of Muscovy 1462–1467 |
Vacant Title next held by Sophia Paleologue |