Anna of Moscow

Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anna Vasilyevna of Moscow (Russian: Анна Васильевна; 1393 – August 1417) was a Byzantine empress consort by marriage to John VIII Palaiologos.[1] She died while her husband was still the junior co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

Tenure1416–1417
(with Helena Dragaš)
Born1393
DiedAugust 1417 (aged 2324)
Spouse
(m. 1414)
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Anna of Moscow
Anna on the Large Sakkos of Photius, 1410s
Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire
(junior)
Tenure1416–1417
(with Helena Dragaš)
Born1393
DiedAugust 1417 (aged 2324)
Spouse
(m. 1414)
DynastyRurik
FatherVasily I of Moscow
MotherSophia of Lithuania
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Life

She was one of four daughters of Vasily I of Moscow and Sophia of Lithuania.

She married John VIII in 1414.[1] Her husband was the eldest surviving son of Manuel II Palaiologos and Helena Dragaš. John was named Despotes in 1416 and seems to have assumed the position of co-emperor shortly thereafter.

Anna was second in status only to her mother-in-law among the women of the Byzantine court. The history of Doukas records her dying of the "plague" in 1417. She is thought to be a victim of bubonic plague. Following the Black Death this plague continued to strike parts of Europe sporadically until the 17th century, each time with reduced intensity and fatality, suggesting an increased resistance due to genetic selection.

Ancestry

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Ancestors of Anna of Moscow
16. Ivan I of Moscow
8. Ivan II of Moscow
17. Helena
4. Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy
18. Vasily Velyaminov, Mayor of Moscow
9. Alexandra Ivanovna Velyaminova
2. Vasily I of Moscow
20. Konstantin Vasilyevich of Suzdal
10. Dmitry of Suzdal
21. Helena
5. Eudoxia Dmitriyevna of Suzdal
22. Konstantin III of Rostov
11. Vasilisa-Anna Konstantinova of Rostov
23. Maria Ivanovna of Moscow
1. Anna of Moscow
24. Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania
12. Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania
25. Jewna of Polotsk
6. Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania
13. Birutė of Palanga
3. Sophia of Lithuania
28. Ivan Aleksandrovich of Smolensk
14. Svyatoslav II Ivanovich of Smolensk
7. Anna of Smolensk
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