Sophia of Lithuania (1371-1453)

Sophia of Lithuania (1371–1453) was a Grand Princess consort of Muscovy by marriage to Vasili I of Moscow. She was regent of Muscovy during the minority of her son from 1425 to 1434.

Life
She was the only daughter of Vytautas the Great of Lithuania and his first wife, Anna. On 21 January 1391, while her father was engaged in the Lithuanian Civil War, she married Vasili I of Moscow. She was the longest serving consort of Russia.

After Vasili's death in 1425 she became regent for their ten-year-old son Vasili II. Her father supported Vasili's claim to the throne, which was disputed by his uncle, Yuri of Zvenigorod.

Sophia was buried in the Ascension Convent; the sarcophagus was moved in 1929 to the Cathedral of the Archangel by Soviet authorities.

Children

 * Anna Vasilievna of Moscow (1393-1417) (1393 – August 1417), wife of John VIII Palaiologos
 * Yuri Vasilievich of Moscow (30 March 1395 – 30 November 1400)
 * Ivan Vasilievich of Moscow (15 January 1396 – 20 July 1417), husband of a daughter of Ivan Vladimirovich of Pronsk.
 * Anastasia Vasilievna of Moscow (c1398-1470), wife of Vladimir Alexander, Prince of Kiev, son of Vladimir Olgerdovich
 * Daniil Vasilievich of Moscow (6 December 1400 – May 1402).
 * Vasilisa Vasilievna of Moscow (c1403-c1460). Married first Alexander Ivanovich "Brukhaty", Prince of Suzdal and secondly his first cousin Alexander Daniilovich "Vzmetenj", Prince of Suzdal. They were both fifth-generation descendants of Andrei II of Vladimir.
 * Simeon Vasilievich of Moscow (13 January – 7 April 1405)
 * Maria Vasilievna of Moscow (c1408-c1470). Married Yuri Patrikievich, son of Patrikej, Prince of Starodub and his wife Helena. The marriage solidified his role as a Boyar attached to Moscow.
 * Vasili II of Moscow (10 March 1415 – 27 March 1462)