Vasily Yaroslavich (1241 – January 1276) was a Grand Duke of
Vladimir
Vladimir may refer to:
Names
* Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukr ...
. He was the youngest son of
Yaroslav II, he was given
Kostroma
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by his uncle
Svyatoslav III in 1246. As the eldest surviving grandson of
Vsevolod III, he succeeded to
Vladimir
Vladimir may refer to:
Names
* Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukr ...
in 1272 and to
Novgorod the following year. He was one of the first princes who didn't bother to leave their own town (i.e., Kostroma) and settle in Vladimir. His descendants continued to rule Kostroma for half a century after his death in January 1276.
See also
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Rulers of Russia family tree
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1241 births
1276 deaths
Grand Princes of Vladimir
Rurik dynasty
Yurievichi family
13th-century princes in Kievan Rus'
Eastern Orthodox monarchs
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