Dmitry Donskoy

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Dmitry Donskoy
Miniature from the Tsarskiy titulyarnik ("Tsar's Book of Titles", 1672)
Prince of Moscow
Reign	13 November 1359 – 19 May 1389
Predecessor	Ivan II
Successor	Vasily I
Grand Prince of Vladimir
Reign	1363 – 19 May 1389
Predecessor	Dmitry of Suzdal
Successor	Vasily I
Born	12 October 1350 Moscow, Grand Duchy of Moscow
Died	19 May 1389(1389-05-19) (aged 38) Moscow, Grand Duchy of Moscow
Burial	Cathedral of the Archangel, Moscow Kremlin
Consort	Eudoxia Dmitriyevna
Issue more...	Vasily Dmitriyevich Yury Dmitriyevich
Names Dmitry Ivanovich
Dynasty	Rurik
Father	Ivan II of Moscow
Mother	Alexandra Vasilyevna Velyaminova

Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy^[a] (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Донско́й; 12 October 1350 – 19 May 1389) was Prince of Moscow from 1359 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1363 until his death. He was the heir of Ivan II.

He was the first prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol authority in Russia. In traditional Russian historiography, he is regarded as a Russian national hero and a central figure of the Russian Middle Ages. His nickname, Donskoy ("of the Don"), alludes to his great victory against the Tatars in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380), which took place on the Don River.^[1] He is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church with his feast day on 19 May.

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