Anna of Moscow

Anna of Moscow
Anna of Moscow
	Anna on the Large Sakkos of Photius, 1410s
Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire (junior)
Tenure	1416–1417; (with Helena Dragaš)
Born	1393
Died	August 1417 (aged 23–24)
Spouse	John VIII Palaiologos (m. 1414)
Dynasty	Rurik
Father	Vasily I of Moscow
Mother	Sophia of Lithuania

Anna Vasilyevna of Moscow (Russian: Анна Васильевна; 1393 – August 1417) was a Byzantine empress consort by marriage to John VIII Palaiologos.^[1] She died while her husband was still the junior co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

Life

She was one of four daughters of Vasily I of Moscow and Sophia of Lithuania.

She married John VIII in 1414.^[1] Her husband was the eldest surviving son of Manuel II Palaiologos and Helena Dragaš. John was named Despotes in 1416 and seems to have assumed the position of co-emperor shortly thereafter.

Anna was second in status only to her mother-in-law among the women of the Byzantine court. The history of Doukas records her dying of the "plague" in 1417. She is thought to be a victim of bubonic plague. Following the Black Death this plague continued to strike parts of Europe sporadically until the 17th century, each time with reduced intensity and fatality, suggesting an increased resistance due to genetic selection.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Anna of Moscow

16. Ivan I of Moscow

8. Ivan II of Moscow

17. Helena

4. Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy

18. Vasily Velyaminov, Mayor of Moscow

9. Alexandra Ivanovna Velyaminova

2. Vasily I of Moscow

20. Konstantin Vasilyevich of Suzdal

10. Dmitry of Suzdal

21. Helena

5. Eudoxia Dmitriyevna of Suzdal

22. Konstantin III of Rostov

11. Vasilisa-Anna Konstantinova of Rostov

23. Maria Ivanovna of Moscow

1. Anna of Moscow

24. Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania

12. Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania

25. Jewna of Polotsk

6. Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania

13. Birutė of Palanga

3. Sophia of Lithuania

28. Ivan Aleksandrovich of Smolensk

14. Svyatoslav II Ivanovich of Smolensk

7. Anna of Smolensk

References

^ ^a ^b Hilsdale, Cecily J. (2014-02-20). Byzantine Art and Diplomacy in an Age of Decline. Cambridge University Press. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-107-72938-4.

Royal titles
Anna of Moscow Rurik Born: 1393 Died: 1417
Preceded by Helena Dragaš	Byzantine Empress consort 1416–1417 with Helena Dragaš (1416–1417)	Succeeded by Helena Dragaš

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[:0-1] Hilsdale, Cecily J. (2014-02-20). Byzantine Art and Diplomacy in an Age of Decline. Cambridge University Press. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-107-72938-4.

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