Mikhail of Suzdal

Mikhail Andreyevich (Russian: Михаил Андреевич; died 1305) was Prince of Suzdal from 1279 to 1305.^[1] He was the son of Andrey Yaroslavich.^[1][2] According to other versions, he was the son of Andrey Aleksandrovich.^[3]

Mikhail Andreyevich
Miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century)
Prince of Suzdal
Reign	1279–1305
Predecessor	Yury
Successor	Vasily
Died	1305 (1306)
House	Rurik

Reign

According to the Nikon Chronicle, Mikhail was the son of Andrey Yaroslavich.^[4] Mikhail resided in Gorodets until 1279, when his old brother Yury died and Mikhail became the prince of Suzdal.^[3] In 1305, according to several Russian chronicles,^[a] Mikhail married a Tatar woman and stopped at Nizhny Novgorod in order to put to death those vechniki, or residents, who were responsible for the murder of the boyars of the late grand prince, Andrey. In other versions, it was Mikhail of Tver who executed them.^[5] He died the same year and was succeeded by Vasily.^[3]

See also

• Family tree of Russian monarchs

Notes

1. The Novgorod Fourth Chronicle, the Sofia First Chronicle, the Yermolin Chronicle, and the Moscow svod of 1479.