Anna Glinskaya (russian: Анна Глинская; sr, Ана Глинска / Ana Glinska; died c. 1553), née Ana Jakšić ( sr-Cyrl, Ана Јакшић / Ana Jakšić; russian: Анна Якшич, Anna Yakshich) was a Serbian and Russian noblewoman. She was daughter of Serbian

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Stefan Jakšić (d. 1489), from the

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. Her sister

Jelena Jakšić Jelena Jakšić ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Јакшић; c. 1475 – after 1536) was titular Despotissa of Serbia, first by marriage with Jovan Branković, who was titular Despot of Serbia from 1493 to 1502, and then by marriage with Ivaniš Berisl ...

(d. after 1529) was titular

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. Anna was married to prince Vasili Lvovich Glinsky (d. 1515), brother of powerful prince

Michael Lvovich Glinsky Michael Lvovich Glinsky ( lt, Mykolas Glinskis, russian: Михаил Львович Глинский, pl, Michał Gliński; 1460s – 24 September 1534) was a noble from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania of distant Tatar extraction, who was also a t ...

(d. 1534). Anna and Vasili had several children, including princes Yuri Vasilyevich Glinsky (d. 1547) and Michael Vasilyevich Glinsky (d. 1559). Anna′s and Vasili′s daughter was

Elena Glinskaya Elena Vasilyevna Glinskaya (russian: Елена Васильевна Глинская; 1510 – 4 April 1538) was the Grand Princess consort of Russia, as the second wife of Grand Prince Vasili III and de facto regent of Russia for 5 consecutiv ...

(d. 1538) who married grand prince

Vasili III of Russia Vasili III Ivanovich (russian: Василий III Иванович, 25 March 14793 December 1533) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. He was the son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name ...

(d. 1533). Through her, Anna was grandmother of Tsar

Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV Vasilyevich (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич; 25 August 1530 – ), commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible, was the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584. Ivan ...

(d. 1584).

Regency and aftermath

During the regency of her daughter

from 1533 until 1538, Anna is said to have wielded influence over affairs of the Russian state. After the death of her daughter, Ana and her sons, uncles of young tsar Ivan, were removed from influence. When her grandson

Ivan IV Ivan IV Vasilyevich (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич; 25 August 1530 – ), commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible, was the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584. Ivan ...

was declared of age and the regency terminated, Ana and her sons returned to favor, securing influence over him during his early reign. They actively participated in the coronation of Ivan (1547). Tsar granted them a principality and allowed for a reprisal of their former opponents, which were carried out "on the orders of Prince Michael Glinski and his mother Anna" rather than the Tsar himself. The influence of Anna and her sons created public hatred toward them, and when a fire destroyed large parts of Moscow in June 1547, the public demanded that Ana be turned over to them, and accused her of being a sorceress who had stolen the hearts of people and then flew over the city and sprinkled it with the water from the hearts, causing the fire. Anna and her son Michael were forced to flee and hide, while Anna′s other son Yuri was killed by rioters. This incidents destroyed their power base, but despite of that, they returned to court and their former position of influence. When they appeared in public to attend the wedding of Ivan's brother Yurii, the court nobility protested and convinced the Tsar to remove his grandmother and uncle from the court. After that, their influence has finally declined.

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