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| Vasily I | |
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 Vasily I and Sophia of Lithuania on the Large Sakkos of Photius, 1410s | |
| Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow | |
| Reign | 19 May 1389 – 27 February 1425 |
| Predecessor | Dmitry I |
| Successor | Vasily II |
| Born | 30 December 1371 Moscow |
| Died | 27 February 1425 (aged 53) Moscow |
| Burial | |
| Consort | Sophia of Lithuania |
| Issue more... | Anna, Byzantine Empress Vasily II of Moscow |
| Dynasty | Rurik |
| Father | Dmitry Donskoy |
| Mother | Eudoxia Dmitriyevna |
| Religion | Russian Orthodox |
Vasily I Dmitriyevich (Russian: Василий I Дмитриевич; 30 December 1371 – 27 February 1425) was Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow from 1389.[1][2] He was the heir of Dmitry Donskoy, who reigned from 1359 to 1389.
He entered an alliance with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1392 and married Sophia, the only daughter of Vytautas, though the alliance turned out to be fragile, and they waged war against each other in 1406–1408.
The raid on the Volga region in 1395 by the Turco-Mongol emir Timur resulted in a state of anarchy for the Golden Horde and the independence of Moscow. In 1412, Vasily resumed submission to the Horde.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Russian history. New York: Thomson Gale. 2004. p. 127. ISBN 9780028656939.
- ^ Fennell, John (1995). A history of the Russian church to 1448 (1. publ ed.). London: Longman. p. 264. ISBN 0582080673.