Restoration of Vasily II

Name: Restoration of Vasily II
Start: 1446
End: 1447

Type Event Region Moscow Time 1446–1447

In 1446, Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow escaped captivity after being captured and blinded by Dmitry Shemyaka, and by 1447 recaptured the Moscow Kr…

Timeline

1446Trinity Sergius Monastery · RussiaDmitry Shemyaka captured Vasily II at the Trinity Sergius Monastery, had him taken to Moscow, blinded, and exiled to Uglich, proclaiming himself grand prince.
1446–1447Moscow · RussiaVasily was released from his forced oath by the abbot of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, allied with Grand Prince Boris Alexandrovich of Tver and Tatar allies, rose in revolt, recaptured Moscow in 1447, and drove Shemyaka into flight.

Sources

Muscovite War of Succession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscovite_War_of_Succession
Russian Civil War of 1425–1462 https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/russian-civil-war-1425-1462