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    Ivan III Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван III Васильевич; 22 January 1440 – 27 October 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all...
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    to be crowned as tsar. Ivan IV was the eldest son of Vasili III by his second wife Elena Glinskaya, and a grandson of Ivan III and Sophia Palaiologina...
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    son of Ivan III and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name Gavriil (Гавриил). Following on the ambitions of his predecessor Ivan, Vasili...
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    the ruler of the Golden Horde, Mamai, in the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380. Ivan III ("the Great") further consolidated the state during his 43-year reign,...
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  • Ivan Asen III (Bulgarian: Иван Асен III, also Йоан Асен III, Ioan Asen III, and in English John Asen III), ruled as tsar of Bulgaria 1279–1280. Ivan Asen...
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  • Ivan III may refer to: Ivan III Nelipac (died 1434), viceroy of Croatia Ivan III of Russia (1440–1505), grand prince of Moscow and later sovereign of all...
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    Moscow from 1498 to 1502. He was the only surviving son of Ivan Ivanovich, the eldest son of Ivan III of Russia. Following the death of his father in 1490,...
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    assembled by Grand Duke Ivan III (the Great) of Russia (r. 1460–1505) in the 16th century. It is also known as the Library of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible), who...
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  • Molodoy; 15 February 1458 – 6 March 1490), was the eldest son and heir of Ivan III of Russia from his first marriage to Maria of Tver. In 1471, he was given...
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    the Mongols, culminating with Ivan III ceasing tribute to the Horde, effectively declaring his independence. Ivan III also greatly expanded his domain...
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    Retrieved 26 July 2007. Ivan III Archived 6 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001–05. Ivan III Archived 15 December...
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    Ibrahim of Kazan came to the throne and Ivan III of Russia supported the claims of his ally or vassal Qasim Khan. Ivan's army sailed down the Volga, with their...
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    Ivan III of Russia. Her father was Thomas Palaiologos, the despot of the Morea. Through her eldest son, Vasili III, she was the grandmother of Ivan IV...
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    Moscow (1325–1340) Ivan II, "The Fair", Grand Duke of Moscow (1353–1359) Ivan III, "The Great", Grand Prince of Moscow (1462–1505) Ivan IV, "The Terrible"...
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    Kondia. At the age of three, Ivan IV acceded the throne in 1533, when his father Vasily III died. On 16 January 1547, Ivan IV was the first to be crowned...
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    widow, Eudoxia, established the Ascension Convent in 1397. Grand Prince Ivan III organised the reconstruction of the Kremlin, inviting a number of skilled...
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    temporarily left intact. The end of the republic and the veche came in 1478 when Ivan III once again invaded and seized the city as part of his campaign to annex...
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    monarch titled the tsar. The groundwork of the Russian Empire was laid by Ivan III (r. 1462–1505), who greatly expanded his domain, established a centralized...
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    of his realm and his marriage to Sophia Palaiologina, the grand prince Ivan III took the title of sovereign and claimed inheritance to all the former territories...
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    the Russian Empire. Though modified more than once since the reign of Ivan III (1462–1505), the current coat of arms is directly derived from its medieval...
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    also known as the Sudebnik of Ivan III (Russian: Судебник Ивана III), was a collection of laws introduced by Ivan III in 1497. It played a big part in...
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    with the reign of Ivan III, the boyars were starting to lose that influence to the authoritative tsars in Muscovy. Because of Ivan III's expansionist policies...
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    Ivan III Drašković (English: John III Drashkovich of Trakoshtyan; Hungarian: trakostyáni gróf Draskovich János, (Trakošćan, 13 March 1595(?) or 1603 –...
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    Akhmat Khan of the Great Horde, and Grand Prince Ivan III of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. After Ivan III stopped paying tribute to the Horde, Akhmat Khan...
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    "tsar". Following his assertion of independence from the khan in 1476, Ivan III, the grand prince of Moscow (r. 1462–1505), adopted the title of sovereign...
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    1447 — March 27, 1462) Ivan III the Great (March 27, 1462 — October 27, 1505) Vasili III (October 27, 1505 — December 4, 1533) Ivan IV the Terrible (December...
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    who was supported by most people. Due to his disability, he made his son Ivan III his co-ruler in his late years. Vasily II was the youngest son of Vasily...
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    Ivan Ivanovich (Russian: Иван Иванович; 28 March 1554 – 19 November 1581) was the second son of Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible by his first wife Anastasia...
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  • II of Moscow and mother of Ivan III of Russia Maria of Tver (1442-1467), first wife of Ivan III of Russia and mother of Ivan the Young Maria Vladimirovna...
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    by the 15th century, Ivan III threw off the control of the Golden Horde and assumed the title of sovereign of all Russia. Ivan IV was crowned as the...
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