Yury of Zvenigorod

Timeline

1. 1374–1389Zvenigorod · Moscow OblastIn 1389, his father Dmitry's dying will granted Yury the appanages of Zvenigorod, Ruza, and Galich, and stipulated that if his elder brother Vasily died without heirs, Yury would inherit the grand princely throne. Yury rebuilt the city of Zvenigorod in his appanage, constructed stone buildings such as the Cathedral of the Dormition, and invited Andrei Rublev and others to work on the murals.
2. 1389–1425Zvenigorod · Moscow OblastDuring Vasily I's reign, Yury, as appanage prince, took part in military operations against Torzhok (1392), Zhukhotin (1414), and Novgorod (1417), generally cooperating with his brother while managing his appanage's internal affairs, minting, and church construction, accumulating military and political resources.
3. 1425–1434Moscow · MoscowAfter Vasily I died in 1425 and his grandson Vasily II succeeded, Yury invoked his father's will to contest the grand princely throne. In 1433 he defeated Vasily II and first entered Moscow, but made peace when his sons defected to the enemy; in March 1434 he again entered the city, capturing Vasily's family and the treasury, but died suddenly while preparing a new campaign, and was buried in the Cathedral of the Archangel in the Kremlin.