Mikhail of Tver
Grand Prince of Vladimir
1271 CE to 1318 CE
Mikhail Yaroslavich (1271 – November 22, 1318), also known as Michael of Tver or Michael the Saint, is a Prince of Tver (from 1285) who rules as Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1304 until 1314 and again from 1315–1318.
He is counted among the saints of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Mikhail Yaroslavich is the second son of Yaroslav III (Yaroslav Yaroslavich), the younger brother of Aleksandr Nevsky) and succeeds him as Prince of Tver in 1285.
His mother, Xenia, is the second spouse to Yaroslav III and is known as the saint Xenia of Tarusa.
Upon the death of Andrei Aleksandrovich (Aleksandr Nevsky's son and Yaroslav's nephew), Mikhail become sthe Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1304, as is consistent with the Rota System of collateral succession that has been practiced in Rus since the time of Yaroslav the Wise.
He is confirmed in office by Tokhta, Khan of the Golden Horde.
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Yury, upon the death of Andrei Aleksandrovich (Aleksandr Nevsky's son), has to contest the title of Grand Duke of Vladimir with Mikhail Yaroslavich, the second son of Yaroslav III (Yaroslav Yaroslavich), the younger brother of Aleksandr Nevsky), whom he had succeeded in 1285 as prince of Tver.
While the Tverian army besieges Pereslavl and ...
…Moscow itself, …
…Mikhail goes to the Golden Horde, where the Khan, Toqta, elevates him to the supreme position among Russian princes, as is consistent with the Rota System of collateral succession that has been practiced in Rus since the time of Yaroslav the Wise.
The unlucky prince Konstantin of Ryazan had been captured by Yury's father in 1302 and had ever since been incarcerated in Moscow.
Yury now arranges his murder.
While Ryazan is shocked by such a barbarity, …
…Yury annexes the key Ryazanian fortress of Kolomna to his Moscow principlaity.
Yury also captures Mozhaisk, which had formerly belonged to the princes of Smolensk.