Person:Ivan III of Russia (1)
Ivan III of Russia
b.22 Jan 1440 Moscow, Russia
d.27 Oct 1505 Moscow, Russia
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Ivan III of Russia1440 - 1505
  2. Andrey Bolshoy1446 - 1493
  3. Anna of Ryazan1451 - 1501
Spouse and Children
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  1. Helena of Moscow1476 - 1513
  2. Vasili III of Russia1479 - 1533
  3. Yury Ivanovich1480 - 1536
  4. Dimitri Ivanovitch of Russia1481 - 1521
  5. Simeon of Russia1487 - 1518
  6. Andrey of Staritsa1490 - 1537
Spouse and Children
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  1. Ivan _____1458 - 1490
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Facts and Events
Name Ivan III of Russia
Gender Male
Birth[1] 22 Jan 1440 Moscow, Russia Rurik dynasty
Marriage to Sophia Palaiologina
Marriage to Maria of Tver
Death[1] 27 Oct 1505 Moscow, Russia
Reference Number? Q171185?


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Ivan III Vasilyevich (; 22 January 1440 – 27 October 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, was a Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of all Rus'. Ivan served as the co-ruler and regent for his blind father Vasily II from the mid-1450s before he officially ascended the throne in 1462.

He multiplied the territory of his state through war and through the seizure of lands from his dynastic relatives, ended the dominance of the Tatars over Russia, renovated the Moscow Kremlin, introduced a new legal codex and laid the foundations of the Russian state. His 1480 victory over the Great Horde is cited as the restoration of Russian independence 240 years after the fall of Kiev to Mongols' invasion.

Ivan was the first Russian ruler to style himself "tsar", albeit not as an official title. Through marriage to Sofia Paleologue, he made the double-headed eagle Russia's coat of arms and adopted the idea of Moscow as Third Rome. His 43-year reign was the second longest in Russian history, after that of his grandson Ivan IV.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ivan III of Russia, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Ivan III, Grand Duke of Moscow, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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