Vasily III, Grand Duke of Moscow, dies…

1533 CE

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.

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Moscow > Moskva Moskovskaya Oblast Russia View →

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Elena Glinskaya View → Vasili III of Russia View →

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Moscow, Grand Principality of View → Poland of the Jagiellonians, Kingdom of View → Lithuania, Grand Duchy of View →

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Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars View →

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