Vasily III, Grand Duke of Moscow, dies …
Years: 1533 - 1533
Vasily III, Grand Duke of Moscow, dies on December 2,1533.
His three-year-old son succeeds him as Ivan IV.
His mother, Yelena Glinskaya, a member of a leading boyar, or noble, family, establishes a regency that quickly degenerates into intrigue, denunciation, and wild violence as rival boyars dispute Glinsky dominance.
