Ivan Vasilyevich of Yaroslavl, Prince of Yaroslavl, was born circa 1365 in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia to Vasili Vasilyevich of Yaroslavl (c1339-c1380) and died circa 1380 Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia of unspecified causes.
Biography
Ivan Vasilyevich of Yaroslavl, also known as Ivan Vasilyevich the Great (Russian: Иван Васильевич Большой) was born around 1265.
He is first mentioned in chronicles only in 1410, when, on order of Vasili I Dmitrievich Grand Prince of Moscow, against the princes of Daniil Borisovich and Ivan Borisovich of Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod, were trying with the help of a Tatar army to recover their heritage of Nizhny Novgorod, which had been taken by the Grand Prince of Moscow.
On January 17, 1411 he married his daughter, Maria Ivanovna to Prince Aleksandr Fyodorovich of Mikulin.
In 1412 ha accompanied the Grand Prince of Moscow on his voyage to the Golden Horde.
On June 23, 1425 Ivan Vasilyevich, organized a dinner in Galich, attended by Metropolitan Photius of Kiev in an attempt to reconcile Grand Prince Vasili II of Moscow with his uncle Yuri IV Dmitrievich (Prince of Galich-Merya),
Ivan Vasilyevich died in 1426, during the epidemy of plague, the so-called "Black Death". He was married to the daughter of Prince Ivan Vladimirovich of Rostov and Borisogleb. They had the following sons: Roman, Aleksandr, Vasili, Yakov-Warrior and Semyon.
References
- Экземплярский, Андрей Васильевич Ярославские князья
- Ярославские князья (потомки Ивана Большого Васильевича)
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Roman Ivanovich of Yaroslavl (c1385-c1430) | 1385 Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia | 1430 Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia | |
| Aleksandr Ivanovich of Yaroslavl (c1387-1455) | 1387 Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia | 1455 Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia | |
| Fyodor Ivanovich of Yaroslavl (c1388-c1390) | 1388 Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia | 1390 Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia | |
| Vasili Voyn Ivanovich of Yaroslavl (c1390-c1445) | 1390 Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia | 1445 Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia | |
| Yakov-Voyn Ivanovich of Kurba (c1392-1455) | 1392 Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia | 1455 Kazan, Arsk Field, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia | |
| Semyon Ivanovich of Kurba (c1394-c1450) | 1394 Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia | 1450 Russia | |
| Maria Ivanovna of Yaroslavl (c1395-1435) | 1395 Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia | 1435 Russia | Aleksandr Fyodorovich of Mikulin (c1392-1435) |
Residences
Footnotes (including sources)
| Regnal titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Vasili Vasilyevich of Yaroslavl (1345-c1380) |
Prince of Yaroslavl c1380-1426 |
Succeeded by Fyodor Vasilyevich of Yaroslavl (1426-1434) |