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Who did III III marry?

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Meta Hirthe

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5y ago
Updated: 7/3/2021

Ivan III first married Maria Borisovna (Maria of Tver) who died in 1467. He then married Sophia Palaiologina, who was the niece of Constantine XI, the last emperor of the Byzantine Roman Empire.

This connection between the rulers of Russia and the Roman Empire is what led to Russian rulers eventually being crowned as 'Tsars.' Ivan III was the first to use that word, but not the first to be crowned with that title.

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Hallie Gutmann

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4y ago

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