This is a list of wars involving the Principality of Tver (1246–1485), centred around the city of Tver.[a]
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside the Principality of Tver, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1281– c. 1291[5] |
Vladimir-Suzdal war of succession (1281–1293)
|
Dmitry of Pereslavl-Zalessky[7] | Andrey of Gorodets[7] | Mixed results
|
1293 | Dyuden's campaign[5]
|
Dmitry of Pereslavl[5] Mikhail of Tver[5] Daniel of Moscow[5] |
Golden Horde[5] Andrey of Gorodets[5] Theodore of Yaroslavl[5] |
Golden Horde victory[5]
|
1296, 1298 |
Struggle for Pereslavl-Zalessky
|
Ivan Dmitrievich of Pereslavl-Zalessky[9] Daniel of Moscow[9] Mikhail of Tver[9] |
Andrey of Gorodets[9] Theodore of Yaroslavl[9] Konstantin of Ryazan[9] |
Allied victory against Andrey[9] |
1304–1308 | Tverian–Muscovite war
Key events
|
Principality of Tver
|
Principality of Moscow
|
Tverian victory[15][12] |
1314–1316 | Struggle for Novgorod[16] | Principality of Tver Pro-Tver Novgorod |
Principality of Moscow Pro-Moscow Novgorod |
Muscovite victory[16] |
1317 | Battle of Bortenevo : Yury of Moscow campaign, supported by Özbeg Khan, against Mikhail of Tver[15] |
Principality of Tver | Principality of Moscow Golden Horde[15] |
Tverian victory[15][17] |
1320–1322 | Four Özbeg Khan punitive expeditions against Moscow[18] |
Golden Horde Principality of Tver |
Principality of Moscow Novgorod Republic |
Tverian victory[19]
|
1327 | Tver Uprising of 1327 | Golden Horde Ivan I of Moscow Aleksandr of Suzdal |
Principality of Tver G. P. of Vladimir[b] |
Golden Horde victory
|
1340s–1350s | Inter-princely wars between the Kashin, Mikulin, Kholm, and Zubtsov appanages of Tver[22] |
Principality of Kashin
other appanages |
Principality of Mikulin
other appanages |
Victory of Mikhail II of Tver, appanage prince of Mikulin[23] |
1359–1381/2 | Great Troubles
|
Mamai in Crimea
Tokhtamysh and allies |
Khans at Sarai
Khans at Sighnaq
other Horde warlords |
Tokhtamysh victory
|
1436–1453 | Third period of the Muscovite War of Succession (overlapped with Vasily's Kazan war)
|
Younger Donskoy line Vasily II Vasilyevich Mäxmüd of Kazan |
Older Donskoy line Dmitry II Shemyaka (1439; 1445–53) Ulugh of Kazan |
Vasily victory |
1471 | Muscovite–Novgorodian war of 1471 | Principality of Moscow Principality of Tver Qasim Khanate Pskov Republic Vyatka Republic |
Novgorod Republic | Muscovite victory
|
1485 | Muscovite conquest of Tver | Principality of Tver | Principality of Moscow | Muscovite victory
|