Dmitry of Suzdal
Dmitri Konstantinovich of
Suzdal , was a powerful Prince of Suzdal and
Nizhny Novgorod who dominated
Russian politics during minority of his son-in-law,
Dmitri Donskoi. The famous
Shuisky family descends from his eldest son, Vasily Kirdyapa.
A senior descendant of
Vsevolod the Big Nest, he inherited Suzdal in 1359 and Nizhny Novgorod in 1365. His policy towards
Tatars was conciliatory for the most part, as his eastern lands were continuously exposed to their attacks. After some rivalry with Dmitri of
Moscow, he was installed by the Khan of the
Golden Horde as the Grand Duke of
Vladimir in 1360.
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Dmitri Konstantinovich of
Suzdal , was a powerful Prince of Suzdal and
Nizhny Novgorod who dominated
Russian politics during minority of his son-in-law,
Dmitri Donskoi. The famous
Shuisky family descends from his eldest son, Vasily Kirdyapa.
A senior descendant of
Vsevolod the Big Nest, he inherited Suzdal in 1359 and Nizhny Novgorod in 1365. His policy towards
Tatars was conciliatory for the most part, as his eastern lands were continuously exposed to their attacks. After some rivalry with Dmitri of
Moscow, he was installed by the Khan of the
Golden Horde as the Grand Duke of
Vladimir in 1360. During his reign, he repeatedly quarreled with the
Novgorod Republic over the raids of Novgorodian pirates who looted his own capital and Tatar markets along the Volga River.
Three years later he was dethroned and had to make peace with Dmitri by marrying him to his daughter, Eudoxia. Joining his army with Dmitri's, he led an allied assault on
Volga Bulgars and
Mordovia. In 1377, the allied armies were defeated by the Tatars on the Pyana River, because they were too drunk to fight. However, in 1382 Dmitry Konstantinovich took the side of Khan
Tokhtamysh in taking over Moscow and sent his sons to serve in the Tatar army.
