Grand Prince of Vladimir

(noun)

The title given to the ruler of this northern province, where Moscow was situated.

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Examples of Grand Prince of Vladimir in the following topics:

  • Ivan I and the Rise of Moscow

    • He ascended to the seat of Prince of Moscow after the death of his father, and then the death of his older brother Yury.
    • Ivan I continued the family tradition and petitioned the leaders of the Golden Horde to gain the seat of Grand Prince of Vladimir.
    • This new title, which he kept until his death around 1340, meant he could collect taxes from the Russian lands as a ruling prince and position his tiny city as a major player in the Vladimir region.
    • One of the most lasting accomplishments of Ivan I was to petition the Khan based in Sarai to designate his son, who would become Simeon the Proud, as the heir to the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir.
    • He was born around 1288 and died in either 1340 or 1341, still holding the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir.

  • Yaroslav the Wise

    • Yaroslav the Wise was the Grand Prince of Kiev from 1016 until his death in 1954.
    • He was also vice-regent of Novgorod from 1010 to 1015 before his father, Vladimir the Great, died.
    • Yaroslav was the son of the Varangian Grand Prince Vladimir the Great and most likely his second son with Rogneda of Polotsk.
    • Establishing primogeniture, which meant that his eldest son would succeed him as Grand Prince over Novgorod and Kiev, hoping that future conflict between his children would be avoided.
    • The Grand Prince Yaroslav I died in 1054 and was buried in Saint Sophia's Cathedral.

  • Vladimir I and Christianization

    • Before he gained the throne in 980, he had been the Prince of Novgorod while his father, Sviatoslav of the Rurik Dynasty, ruled over Kiev.
    • During his rule as the Prince of Novgorod in the 970s, and by the time Vladimir claimed power after his father's death, he had consolidated power between modern-day Ukraine and the Baltic Sea.
    • He ascended to the position of Prince of Novgorod around 969 while his oldest brother, Yaropolk, became the designated heir to the throne in Kiev.
    • In either version of events, Vladimir vied for the hand of Anna, the sister of the ruling Byzantine emperor, Basil II.
    • Outline the shift from pagan culture to Orthodox Christianity under the rule of Vladimir I

  • The Formation of Russia

    • Ivan III became Grand Prince of Moscow in 1462 and proceeded to refuse the Tatar yoke, collect surrounding lands, and consolidate political power around Moscow.
    • Ivan III Vasilyevich, also known as Ivan the Great, was born in Moscow in 1440 and became Grand Prince of Moscow in 1462.
    • In addition to capturing his greatest rival city, Ivan III also collected his four brothers' local lands over the course of his rule, further expanding and consolidating the land under the power of the Grand Prince of Moscow.
    • Vasili III was the son of Sophia Paleologue and Ivan the Great and the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533.
    • He held the title of Grand Prince of Moscow between 1462 and 1505.

  • Painting in the Middle Byzantine Empire

    • This can be seen in the fresco of the Lamentation found in the Church of Saint Pantaleimon in the city of Nerezi, Macedonia, an illumination of the Death of St.
    • The Theotokos of Vladimir, an icon of the Virgin and Child, represents the new style of icons that were created in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
    • The image was given as a gift to the Grand Duke of Kiev in 1131 by the Greek Patriarch of Constantinople and is an important and protective icon of the Russian cities of Vladimir and Moscow and the country of Russia itself.
    • Theotokos of Vladimir.
    • Vladimir, Russia.

  • William of Orange and the Grand Alliance

    • William III (1650 – 1702) was sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Dutch Stadtholder (de facto hereditary head of state) from 1672, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death.
    • Even after the formation of the Grand Alliance the French King continued to antagonize his European rivals.
    • Securing the Protestant succession was soon recognized by the Grand Alliance as one of England's main war aims.
    • By 1708 the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy had secured victory in the Spanish Netherlands and in Italy, and had defeated Louis XIV's ally Bavaria.
    • Explain William's stake in the War of the Spanish Succession and the goals of the Grand Alliance.

  • Europe's Early Trade Links

    • A prelude to the Age of Discovery was a series of European expeditions crossing Eurasia by land in the late Middle Ages undertaken by a number of explorers, including Marco Polo, who left behind the most detailed and inspiring record of his travels across Asia.  
    • A series of Europeans took advantage of these to explore eastwards.
    • About the same time, Russian prince Yaroslav of Vladimir, and subsequently his sons Alexander Nevsky and Andrey II of Vladimir, traveled to the Mongolian capital.
    • Global exploration started with the successful Portuguese travels to the Atlantic archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores, the coast of Africa, and the sea route to India in 1498; and, on behalf of the Crown of Castile (Spain), the trans-Atlantic Voyages of Christopher Columbus between 1492 and 1502 as well as the first circumnavigation of the globe in 1519–1522.
    • Recall the exploration of Eurasia in the Middle Ages by Marco Polo, which was a prelude to the advent of the Age of Discovery in the 15th Century

  • Non-Democratic Governments: Monarchy, Oligarchy, Technocracy, and Theocracy

    • Monarchs have various titles — king or queen, prince or princess, Malik or Malikah, emperor or empress, duke or grand duke, and Shah .
    • As of 2010 in Europe, there are twelve monarchies: seven kingdoms, one grand duchy, one papacy, and two principalities, as well as the diarchy of Andorra.
    • Postcard of ruling monarchs, taken in 1908 between February (accession of King Manuel II of Portugal) and November (death of Guangxu Emperor).
    • Crown Prince & Princess & Emperor Showa & Empress Kojun wedding 1959-4
    • Japanese Emperor Hirohito, Crown Prince Akihito, Crown Princess Michiko and Empress Nagako, 1959

  • The Mongols in Eastern Europe

    • As a result of the successful invasions, many of the conquered territories would become part of the Mongol Empire.
    • Territories and cities were ruled over by princely dynasties, which often meant these regions were fragmented politically.)
    • Ryazan refused to surrender, and the Mongols sacked it and then stormed through other Russian cities, including Vladimir Suzdal in the north, and Pereyaslav and Chernihiv in the south.
    • However, the princes ruling Novgorod acted as tax collectors for the Mongol Empire in the coming decades.
    • This final attack sealed the Rus' principalities' fate, forcing princes to flee their regions or capitulate to Mongol taxation and rule.

  • The Question of Spanish Succession

    • The English and Dutch feared that a French or Austrian-born Spanish king would threaten the balance of power and thus preferred the Bavarian Prince Joseph Ferdinand, a grandson of Leopold I through his first wife Margaret Theresa of Spain (the younger daughter of Philip IV).
    • This agreement divided Spain's Italian territories between Louis's son le Grand Dauphin and the Archduke Charles, with the rest of the empire awarded to Joseph Ferdinand.
    • With the Holy Roman Emperor and the petty German states, they formed another Grand Alliance.
    • By 1708, the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy had secured victory in the Spanish Netherlands and in Italy and defeated Louis XIV's ally Bavaria.
    • With the Grand Alliance defeated in Spain, its casualties and costs mounting and aims diverging, the Tories came to power in Great Britain in 1710 and resolved to end the war.