Yaroslav of Tver
| Yaroslav III Yaroslavich | |
|---|---|
Yurievichi Yaroslavichi of Tver (founder)[1] | |
| Father | Yaroslav II of Vladimir |
| Mother | Fedosia Igorevna |
Yaroslav III Yaroslavich (Russian: Ярослав Ярославич; 1230–1271)[2] was the first Prince of Tver from 1247,[3][4] and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1263 until his death in 1271.[5][6][7] All the later princes of Tver descended from him.[1][8]
Yaroslav and his son
Life
Yaroslav was a son of Yaroslav II and a younger brother of Alexander Nevsky.[5] In 1247, he received from his uncle the town of Tver.[3][10]
In 1252, Yaroslav and his brother
Yaroslav fled to
Upon Alexander's death in 1263, Yaroslav quarrelled with Andrey as to who should become Grand Prince next. They went to the
In 1270, the armies of three princes stood for a week near the town of Staraya Russa, ready for battle. The metropolitan, however, managed to reconcile them. Yaroslav, on surrendering Novgorod to his nephew, accompanied him to Sarai. He died on his way back to Tver on 9 September 1271 and was succeeded in Tver by his eldest son Svyatoslav and then by Mikhail.
See also
References
- ^ a b Isoaho 2006, p. 215.
- ISBN 978-3-11-091416-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-5381-1942-6.
- ISBN 978-1-317-87314-3.
- ^ a b Fennell 2022, p. 52.
- ^ Lawson, Bethia Jane (1900). A Short Outline of the History of Russia. T. & A. Constable. pp. 91–92.
- ISBN 978-90-04-16985-2.
- ^ Fennell 2022, p. 225.
- ^ Fennell 2022, p. 53.
- ^ Martin 2007, p. 176.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-317-89720-0.
Bibliography
- Fennell, John (23 September 2022). The Emergence of Moscow, 1304-1359. University of California Press. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-520-37358-7.
- Isoaho, Mari (2006). The Image of Aleksandr Nevskiy in Medieval Russia: Warrior and Saint. Leiden: Brill. p. 417. ISBN 9789047409496. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- Martin, Janet (2007). Medieval Russia: 980–1584. Second Edition. E-book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-36800-4.