Vasily II of Moscow
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Vasily II Vasilyevich, nicknamed the Blind or the Dark, was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1425 until his death in 1462.
Portrait in the Tsarskiy titulyarnik (1672)
Vasily I of Moscow
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Vasily I Dmitriyevich was Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow from 1389. He was the heir of Dmitry Donskoy, who reigned from 1359 to 1389.
Vasily II of Moscow
…March 1462), nicknamed the Blind or the Dark (Russian: Тёмный), was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1425 until his death in 1462. He succeeded his father, Vasily I, only to be challenged by his uncle Yuri of Zvenigorod. During this time, Moscow changed hands several times. At one point, Vasily was captured and…
Vasily I and Sophia of Lithuania on the Large Sakkos of Photius, 1417
Vasily I visiting his father-in-law, Vytautas the Great.
Lazar the Serb showing Vasily the clock.