Sophia Palaiologina
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Sophia Fominichna Palaiologina or Paleologue was a Byzantine princess from the Palaiologos imperial dynasty and the grand princess of Moscow as the second wife of Ivan III of Russia. Her father was Th
Reconstruction by Sergey Nikitin, 1994
Ivan Fryazin showed to Ivan III the portrait of Sophia Palaiologina, by Viktor Muizhel.
Destruction of Sophia Palaiologina grave in 1929.
Vasili III of Russia
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Vasili III Ivanovich was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1505 until his death in 1533.
Sophia Palaiologina
…grand princess of Moscow as the second wife of Ivan III of Russia. Her father was Thomas Palaiologos, the despot of the Morea. Through her eldest son, Vasili III, she was the grandmother of Ivan IV, the first crowned tsar of all Russia. Zoe was born in the Morea in 1449. Her father was Thomas Palaiologos, Despot…
Engraving by André Thevet, 1584
Fragment of the icon Vasili the Great and Grand Prince Vasili III, 16th century, State Historical Museum
Russia's Grand Prince Vasily III meets ambassadors of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V near Mozhaysk