Vasili Semyonich Krasnyi Drutsky (c1395-c1450)

Birth	circa 1410 Death	after 1448 Genus	Drutsk Father	Semyon Dmitrievich Droutsky Spouse	Princess Vorotynskaya Children	Ivan Vasilievich Red

'''Vasili Semyonovich Krasnyi (c1410-c1450) - statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a representative of the princely family of Drutsky , governor of Vitebsk since 1431.

Biography
Vasili Semyonovich Krasnyi, was part of the princely family of Drutsky. he was the son of Prince Semyon Dmitrievich Drutsky (died after 1422), vassal of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas Keystutovich. Brothers - princes Ivan Baba, Ivan Putyata , Dmitri Sekira Zubravitsky , Mikhail Boloban and Grigori Drutsky.

Mentioned in historical documents in 1431 as the governor of Vitebsk. During the Civil War in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1432-1438) Prince Vasili Semyonovich Krasnyi and his brothers supported the ousted Grand Duke of Lithuania Švitrigailo Olgierdovich in the struggle against Sigismund Keistutovich.

In 1432, Vasily Semenovich Drutsky participated on the side of Švitrigailo in the battle of Oshmyany, where together with his brother Dmitry Sekira was taken prisoner.

He was married to the sister of the appanage Verkhovsky prince Fyodor Lvovich Vorotynsky, from whose marriage he had Ivan's son.