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Encyclopedia > Eudoxia of Moscow

Eudoxia Dmitriyevna (Russian: Евдокия Дмитриевна) (? - 1407) was a Grand Duchess of Moscow and wife of Dmitry Donskoy. Events November 20 - A solemn truce between John, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspicies of John, Duke of Berry. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... Grand Prince (Velikiy Kniaz) Dmitri Ivanovich Donskoi (Дмитрий Донской, in Russian) (October 12, 1350 - 1389) was a Russian ruler (1359 - 1389). ...


Eudoxia Dmitriyevna was a daughter of Dmitry Konstantinovich, Grand Prince of Nizhny Novgorod. In 1366, she married Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy. In 1382, Eudoxia Dmitriyevna stayed in Moscow in the absence of her husband, while the army of khan Tokhtamysh was approaching the capital. After the birth of her son Andrey Dmitriyevich, Eudoxia Dmitriyevna attempted to leave Moscow, but was detained by the Muscovites, who would let her go only after long negotiations. Dmitry Konstantinovich of Suzdal (Russian: Дмитрий Константинович Суздальский) (1324 – June 5, 1383), was a powerful Prince of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod who dominated Russian politics during minority of his son-in-law, Dmitri Donskoi. ... The title Grand Prince (Latin, Magnus Princeps; German, Großfürst, Finnish Suuriruhtinas, Swedish Storfurste, Lithuanian Didysis kunigaikštis, Russian Великий князь Velikii kniaz) ranks in honour below Emperor and Tsar but higher than a sovereign Prince (Fürst) or Royal Prince. ... Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: ), colloquially shortened as Nizhny and also transliterated into English as Nizhniy Novgorod or Nizhni Novgorod, is the fourth largest city of Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. ... Events Births Anne of Bohemia, Queen consort of Richard II of England. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Enyu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Emperor Go-Komatsu ascends to the throne of Japan John Wyclifs teachings are condemned by the Synod of London. ... Khan (sometimes spelled as Xan, Han) is a title with many meanings, originally commander, leader or ruler, in Mongolian and Turkish. ... Tokhtamysh (d. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ...


After her husband's death, Eudoxia became known for her pious ways; the legend has it that she possessed the gift of healing. In 1393, she founded the Church of Nativity of Virgin Mary (Церковь Рождества Богородицы), the oldest surviving building in Moscow. The church was dedicated to the Virgin's Nativity, because on this feast her husband defeated the Tatars in the Battle of Kulikovo. Healing is the process whereby the cells in the body regenerate and repair to reduce the size of a damaged or necrotic area. ... Events Ottoman Turks occupy Veliko Turnovo in north-central Bulgaria. ... Single combat of Peresvet and Temir-murza. ...


Four years later, Eudoxia established the Ascension Monastery next to the Frolovskaya (Spasskaya) Tower of the Moscow Kremlin. Later in her life, Eudoxia Dmitriyevna took the veil at the Ascension Monastery under the name of Yefrosiniya and remained there until her death in 1407. She was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church. Cathedral of the Ascension Convent (1580s), from an early 19th-century drawing. ... For other uses, see Kremlin (disambiguation). ... This article discusses the process of declaring saints. ... The Russian Orthodox Church (also known as the Orthodox Catholic Church of Russia) (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs and primates of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...



 

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