Yury Ivanovich (russian: Юрий Ива́нович; (23 March 14803 August 1536) was the second surviving son of
Ivan the Great by
Sophia of Byzantium. Since 1519, his appanages included Dmitrovskoe knjazevstvo.
When his elder brother
Vasily III
Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to:
*Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425
* Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince fr ...
ascended to the throne, Yury was 24 years old. Like his other brothers, he was forbidden to marry until Vasily could produce an heir and even then he was not allowed to marry without the ruler's permission. For Yury Ivanovich this permission never came because after his brother's death in 1533 his widow and regent for the young
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 ...
,
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 ...
, began to suspect Yury.
Not long after that Yury was arrested and put in prison where he died of starvation in 1536.
Ancestry
References
Иван III Васильевич
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1480 births
1536 deaths
Rurik dynasty
People of the Grand Duchy of Moscow
15th-century Russian people
16th-century Russian people
Russian people who died in prison custody
Prisoners who died in Russian detention
People of Byzantine descent