Ivan V of Ryazan
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Grand Prince
Ivan V of Ryazan (Ivan Ivanovich) (1496 – 1533 or 1534) was the last nominally independent ruler of Ryazan Principality
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Ivan of Ryazan was the only son of Prince Ivan Vasilievich and his wife, Agrippina Ivanovna. After the death of his father in 1500, he became a nominal ruler under the regency
of his grand-mother Anna Vasilievna
and then, after her death in 1501, of his mother. During the regency, the principality was under strong influence of the Grand Duchy of Moscow
. When the Prince grew up, he fall under the influence of the pro-Lithuanian
party.
In 1520, Grand Prince Vasili III of Russia
invited him to Moscow
and imprisoned him immediately after his arrival. In 1521, during the unrest caused by an invasion of the Crimean Khan
, Mehmed I Giray
, Prince Ivan Ivanovich fled to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
, where he received the small town of Stakliškės
as a lifetime possession. After his escape, the Ryazan Principality was merged with the Muscovy and the Ryazan Governorate (namestnichestvo) was formed.
Ivan died without known issue in Lithuania around 1534.
Grand Prince
The title grand prince or great prince ranked in honour below emperor and tsar and above a sovereign prince .Grand duke is the usual and established, though not literal, translation of these terms in English and Romance languages, which do not normally use separate words for a "prince" who reigns...
Ivan V of Ryazan (Ivan Ivanovich) (1496 – 1533 or 1534) was the last nominally independent ruler of Ryazan Principality
Ryazan Principality
The Grand Duchy of Ryazan existed from 1078 when it was separated from the Chernigov Principality as the provincial Murom Principality.-Prior to the invasion of Batu Khan:...
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Ivan of Ryazan was the only son of Prince Ivan Vasilievich and his wife, Agrippina Ivanovna. After the death of his father in 1500, he became a nominal ruler under the regency
Regent
A regent, from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated. Currently there are only two ruling Regencies in the world, sovereign Liechtenstein and the Malaysian constitutive state of Terengganu...
of his grand-mother Anna Vasilievna
Anna of Ryazan
Grand Princess Anna Vasilievna of Ryazan was a Russian noblewoman, the only daughter of Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow and the mother and grandmother of last Grand Princes of Ryazan Principality...
and then, after her death in 1501, of his mother. During the regency, the principality was under strong influence of the Grand Duchy of Moscow
Grand Duchy of Moscow
The Grand Duchy of Moscow or Grand Principality of Moscow, also known in English simply as Muscovy , was a late medieval Rus' principality centered on Moscow, and the predecessor state of the early modern Tsardom of Russia....
. When the Prince grew up, he fall under the influence of the pro-Lithuanian
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
party.
In 1520, Grand Prince Vasili III of Russia
Vasili III of Russia
Vasili III Ivanovich was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. He was the son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name Gavriil...
invited him to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
and imprisoned him immediately after his arrival. In 1521, during the unrest caused by an invasion of the Crimean Khan
Crimean Khanate
Crimean Khanate, or Khanate of Crimea , was a state ruled by Crimean Tatars from 1441 to 1783. Its native name was . Its khans were the patrilineal descendants of Toqa Temür, the thirteenth son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan...
, Mehmed I Giray
Mehmed I Giray
Mehmed I Giray known as Great — a khan of the Crimean Khanate in 1515 –1523.Son of Meñli I Giray, inherited power after his father's death. In 1520 signed a temporary alliance with king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Zygmunt I Stary, against Muscovy. In 1521 he took Kazan, where he...
, Prince Ivan Ivanovich fled to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
, where he received the small town of Stakliškės
Stakliškes
Stakliškės is a village in Lithuania, located east of Prienai, in Prienai district of Kaunas County on the Prienai-Trakai road. Stakliškės is a center of Stakliškės elderate...
as a lifetime possession. After his escape, the Ryazan Principality was merged with the Muscovy and the Ryazan Governorate (namestnichestvo) was formed.
Ivan died without known issue in Lithuania around 1534.