Dmitry Shemyaka

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Dmitry Shemyaka was a 15th-century Russian prince of the House of Rurik known for his dynastic struggle for the throne of Moscow and his bitter rivalry with Grand Prince Vasili II.

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Label Occurrences
Dmitry Shemyaka canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Rurikid prince ⓘ
Russian prince ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Novgorod ⓘ
child Ivan Dmitrievich ⓘ
linked to: Ivan Dmitriyevich
chronologicalPlacement late Middle Ages ⓘ
conflict Muscovite Civil War ⓘ
succession disputes in the Grand Duchy of Moscow ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Grand Duchy of Moscow ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1407 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1453 ⓘ
endTimeOfReignAsGrandPrince 1447 ⓘ
era 15th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Russian ⓘ
event blinding of Vasili II ⓘ
familyName Shemyaka ⓘ
father Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod ⓘ
fledTo Novgorod ⓘ
givenName Dmitry ⓘ
linked to: Dimitri
hasCauseOfDeath political assassination ⓘ
historicalRegion Rus' ⓘ
languageSpoken Old Russian ⓘ
mannerOfDeath poisoning ⓘ
memberOf House of Rurik ⓘ
linked to: Rurik dynasty

Rurik dynasty ⓘ
mother Anastasia of Smolensk ⓘ
nobleTitle Prince ⓘ
notableAction imprisonment of Vasili II ⓘ
usurpation of the grand princely throne ⓘ
notableFor dynastic struggle for the throne of Moscow ⓘ
rivalry with Vasili II of Moscow ⓘ
opponent Vasili II of Moscow ⓘ
partOf feudal fragmentation period of Rus' ⓘ
placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Moscow ⓘ
placeOfDeath Novgorod ⓘ
positionHeld Grand Prince of Moscow ⓘ
Grand Prince of Vladimir ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
residence Moscow ⓘ
Novgorod ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Dmitry Krasny ⓘ
Vasily Kosoy ⓘ
spouse Sophia Dmitrievna of Borovsk ⓘ
linked to: Maria of Borovsk
startTimeOfReignAsGrandPrince 1446 ⓘ
tookPowerIn Moscow ⓘ
yearOfEvent 1446 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vasili II of Moscow → opponent → Dmitry Shemyaka ⓘ
Vasili the Blind → opponent → Dmitry Shemyaka ⓘ