Dmitry of Tver

Prince of Tver (1318–1326)

Dmitry of Tver

Dmitri avenging the death of his father in the ordo (palace) of Özbeg Khan and killing Yury, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century)

Grand Prince of Vladimir
Reign| 1322–1326
Predecessor| Yury of Moscow
Successor| Aleksandr of Tver
Prince of Tver
Reign| 1318–1326
Predecessor| Mikhail I
Successor| Aleksandr I

Born| 1298
Tver
Died| 15 September 1326(1326-09-15) (aged 28)
Sarai
Burial|

Tver

House| Rurik
Father| Mikhail of Tver
Mother| Anna of Kashin
Religion| Russian Orthodox

Dmitry Mikhailovich (Russian: Дмитрий Михайлович; 1298 – 15 September 1326), nicknamed the Fearsome Eyes or the Terrible Eyes (Russian: Грозные Очи),[1] was Prince of Tver from 1318 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1322 until his death in 1326, when he was executed in Sarai by the Mongols.[2] He was a son of Mikhail of Tver and Anna of Kashin.[3][4]

## Life

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Dmitry continued his father's fight with Grand Prince Yuri Danilovich of Moscow for the yarlik (also iarlik) that is, the diploma or patent of office for the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir, which was granted by the Khan of the Golden Horde. The title was much desired because the Grand Prince of Vladimir was the khan's tax-collector in Rus', and as such could gain authority and real power over the other princes of Rus'.

Following Yury's machinations which led the khan to grant the yarlik to Moscow and their father's execution by the Horde in 1318, Dmitry and his brother, Alexander, fought a series of battles with Yury. They prevailed against him at the Horde, culminating in Dmitry's acquisition of the yarlik of office for the grand princely throne in 1322 and his murder of Yury at the Horde (in Sarai) three years later in 1325. Dmitry was himself arrested for the murder and executed in Sarai on the orders of Uzbeg Khan in 1326, while Yury's remains were returned to Moscow and buried by the bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church headed by Metropolitan Peter.[5] Dmitry's remains were taken back to Tver and interred in the cathedral there.[6]

## References

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1. ^ De Madariaga, Isabel (2006). Ivan the Terrible: first Tsar of Russia (First printed in paperback ed.). New Haven London: Yale University Press. p. 12\. ISBN 978-0300119732.
2. ^ Fennell, John (1995). A history of the Russian church to 1448 (1. publ ed.). London: Longman. p. 200\. ISBN 9780582080676.
3. ^ Curtin, Jeremiah (2019). The Mongols in Russia. Wentworth Press. pp. 300–311\. ISBN 978-0469350045.
4. ^ Martin, Janet (2007). Medieval Russia, 980-1584 (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 176–177\. ISBN 978-0-511-37005-2. OCLC 761647272.
5. ^ Fennell, John (September 2022). The Emergence of Moscow, 1304-1359. p. 102\. ISBN 978-0-520-34758-8.
6. ^ Fennell, John. Princely executions in the Horde: 1308-1339 (Historische VeroÌlffentlichungen).

## External links

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Media related to Dmitry II, Grand Prince of Vladimir at Wikimedia Commons

* The Grand Princes of Vladimir (in Russian)

Regnal titles

Preceded by

Yuri

|  Grand Prince of Vladimir
1322–1326  | Succeeded by

Alexander I

Preceded by

Mikhail Yaroslavich

|  Prince of Tver
1318–1326

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