Elena Glinskaya

Elena Glinskaya
Regent of Russia
Regency4 December 1533 – 4 April 1538
MonarchIvan IV
Grand Princess consort of Moscow
Tenure21 January 1526 – 4 December 1533
PredecessorSolomonia Saburova
SuccessorAnastasia Romanovna
Bornc. 1510
Died4 April 1538 (age 27–28)
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1526; died 1533)
IssueIvan Vasilyevich
Yuri Vasilevich
HouseGlinski
Rurik (by marriage)
FatherVasili Lvovich Glinsky
MotherAna Jakšić
ReligionRussian Orthodox

Elena Vasilyevna Glinskaya (Russian: Елена Васильевна Глинская; c. 1510 – 4 April 1538) was the grand princess consort of Moscow as the second wife of Vasili III of Russia, and de facto regent of Russia from 1533 until her death in 1538. She was the mother of the first crowned tsar Ivan IV.[1][2]

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