{"slug": "vasily-ii-of-moscow", "label": "Vasily II of Moscow", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_II_of_Moscow", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210359", "qid": "Q210359", "description": "Grand Prince of Moscow (1415-1462)", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1415, 1462], "span_label": ["1415 CE", "1462 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "moscow", "label": "Moscow", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "russian-orthodox-church", "label": "Russian Orthodox Church", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kremlin", "label": "Kremlin", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1415, "year_label": "1415 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 – Vasily II of Moscow, Grand Prince (d. 1462)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371593286#Births", "title": "1415", "revid": 1371593286, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1425, "year_label": "1425 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 27", "text": "February 27 – 11 days shy of his tenth birthday, Vasily II becomes the new Grand Prince of Moscow upon the death of his father, Vasily I of Moscow. Vasily II's mother, Sophia of Lithuania, serves as his regent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360580047#January_–_March", "title": "1425", "revid": 1360580047, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1433, "year_label": "1433 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 8", "text": "February 8 – Vasily II, Grand Prince of Moscow, is married to Maria Yaroslavna of Borovsk, but at the wedding banquet, he enters a quarrel with his uncle, Yury Dmitrievich. The argument leads to the Battle on the River Klyazma on April 25.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320602#January–March", "title": "1433", "revid": 1351320602, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1434, "year_label": "1434 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 16", "text": "March 16 – Muscovite War of Succession: Yury of Zvenigorod defeats his nephew, Vasily II, Grand Prince of Moscow, in a battle at Rostov, about 125 mi from Moscow.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335073150#January–March", "title": "1434", "revid": 1335073150, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1441, "year_label": "1441 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – Isidore of Kiev, the Russian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Kiev and all Russia, returns to his home in Moscow after having attended the Council of Florence, where he agreed to unify the Russian Church with the Roman Catholic Church. When he arrives, he is arrested on the order of Grand Prince Vasily II and imprisoned under minimum security.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361382363#January–March", "title": "1441", "revid": 1361382363, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1445, "year_label": "1445 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 7", "text": "July 7 – The Battle of Suzdal takes place 120 mi from Moscow when Ulugh Muhammad of the Khanate of Kazan attacks Nizhny Novgorod, part of the Grand Principality of Moscow. The Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow is captured in battle as a prisoner of war and held for ransom until the payment of 200,000 rubles is completed in November.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372937#July–September", "title": "1445", "revid": 1370372937, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1446, "year_label": "1446 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – Vasily II, the Grand Prince of Moscow and ruler of much of Russia, is kidnapped from Trinity Monastery the Kremlin by allies of his cousin, Dmitry Shemyaka. Four days later (February 16), the conspirators tear out the eyes of Grand Prince Vasily and send him into exile at Uglich with his wife.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360566332#January–March", "title": "1446", "revid": 1360566332, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1461, "year_label": "1461 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – Theodosius Byvaltsev is installed as the new leader of the Russian Orthodox Church as Metropolitan of Moscow and all the Russias by order of Vasily II Vasilyevich, Grand Prince of Moscow.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365256665#April–June", "title": "1461", "revid": 1365256665, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1462, "year_label": "1462 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 27", "text": "March 27 – Vasily II of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359849875#Deaths", "title": "1462", "revid": 1359849875, "section": "Deaths"}}]}