Elena of Moldavia

Elena of Moldavia
Grand Princess of Moscow
Fantasy portrait from the album of the Bucharest National Museum of Antiquities (1904)
Princess of Tver
Reign1485–1490
MonarchIvan III
Bornc. 1464–1466
Died(1505-01-18)18 January 1505 (aged 39 or 41)
Moscow, Russia
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1483; died 1490)
IssueDmitry Ivanovich
Names
Russian: Елена Стефановна Волошанка
English: Elena Voloshanka Stefanovna
HouseMușat
FatherStephen III of Moldavia
MotherPrincess Evdochia of Kiev

Elena Stefanovna of Moldavia (Russian: Елена Стефановна, romanizedYelena Stefanovna), also known as Elena of Wallachia[1] (Russian: Елена Волошанка, romanizedYelena Voloshanka; c. 1464–1466 – 18 January 1505), was a Moldavian princess as a daughter of Stephen III, who later became the grand princess consort of Moscow in 1483 as the wife of Ivan the Young,[2] the heir of Ivan III of Russia.

After her husband's death in 1490, their son Dmitry Ivanovich was made co-ruler in 1498 until her faction lost in 1502; she and her son were then imprisoned.

  1. ^ Madariaga, Isabel de (25 September 2006). Ivan the Terrible. Yale University Press. p. 389. ISBN 978-0-300-11973-2.
  2. ^ Crummey, Robert O. (6 June 2014). The Formation of Muscovy 1300 - 1613. Routledge. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-317-87200-9.