Grand Prince of Russia

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The Grand Prince of Russia was the medieval and early modern sovereign ruler of the Russian principalities, a title that preceded and evolved into the role of Tsar.

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Label Occurrences
Grand Prince of Russia canonical 1
Tsar of All Rus' 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
royal title
associatedWithConcept gathering of the Russian lands
associatedWithDynasty House of Moscow
Rurik dynasty
associatedWithRegion Eastern Europe
capitalOftenLocatedIn Moscow
Vladimir
country Russia
evolvedInto Tsar of All Rus'
followedBy Emperor of All Russia
Tsar of Russia
governedFrom Kremlin in Moscow
linked to: Kremlin
governmentForm monarchy
heldAuthorityOver boyars
lesser princes
languageOfTitle Old East Slavic
Russian
legitimizedBy Russian Orthodox Church
notableTitleHolder Dmitry Donskoy
Ivan III of Russia
Ivan IV of Russia
Vasily II of Moscow
linked to: Vasili II of Moscow
precededBy Prince of Novgorod
relatedTitle Grand Prince of Kiev
Grand Prince of Moscow
Grand Prince of Vladimir
religionTraditionally Eastern Orthodoxy
role highest judicial authority
military leader
overlord of other princes
supreme ruler of Rus' lands
sovereignOf Grand Duchy of Moscow
Grand Duchy of Vladimir
Russian principalities
linked to: Moscow principality
succeededByInstitution Tsardom of Russia
symbolOf unity of Russian lands
timePeriod Middle Ages
early modern period
titlePrevalentFromCentury 12th century
titlePrevalentUntilCentury 16th century
typicalStyle Grand Duke
Grand Prince
usedIn Grand Duchy of Moscow
Grand Duchy of Vladimir
Kievan Rus'
linked to: Kyivan Rus

Vladimir-Suzdal

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

Ivan VI of Russia heldTitle Grand Prince of Russia
Grand Prince of Russia evolvedInto Tsar of All Rus'
linked to: Grand Prince of Russia