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Andrey Dmitrievich

Type Figure Region Grand Duchy of Moscow Time 1382–1432 Also known as Andrey of Mozhaysk

Andrey Dmitrievich (c. 1382–1432), third son of Dmitry Donskoy, prince of the Mozhaysk appanage and founder of the Mozhaysk line of the Rurikids.

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  1. 1382–1400Mozhaysk · Moscow OblastBy his father Dmitry's dying will in 1389, the seven-year-old Andrey received Mozhaysk, Vereya, Kaluga, Medyn and Beloozero among more than ten estates, forming the independent appanage of Mozhaysk. From around 1398 he began independent political activity and was sent by his brother Vasily I on a diplomatic mission to Novgorod.
  2. 1400–1413Moscow · MoscowAround 1402 he concluded a brotherly alliance with Vasily I and his brother Pyotr Dmitrievich, playing the role of 'second man' in Muscovite politics. In 1409 he jointly commanded Moscow's defenses with his uncle Vladimir Andreyevich the Brave, repelling a three-week siege by Edigu Khan of the Golden Horde. In 1413 he founded the Kolotsk Monastery of the Assumption near Mozhaysk.
  3. 1413–1432Mozhaysk · Moscow OblastIn his later years he continued to patronize church causes such as the Ferapontov Monastery and minted silver coins for his appanage. He died at Mozhaysk in June 1432; his body was brought back to Moscow and buried in the Cathedral of the Archangel in the Kremlin. His sons Ivan and Mikhail divided the Mozhaysk and Vereya appanages, continuing the line of the princes of Mozhaysk.

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