Elena Glinskaya

[1][2] Elena was born in 1510 as the daughter of Prince Vasili Lvovich Glinsky (d. 1515), a member of a Lipka Tatar clan claiming descent from the Mongol ruler Mamai, and Serbian Princess Ana Jakšić from the Jakšić noble family.In 1525, Vasili III resolved to divorce his infertile wife, Solomoniya Saburova, and marry Elena.[6] It was later rumoured, that she brought witches from Finland and people of the Sami to help her conceive by the help of magic[7] On his deathbed, Vasili III transferred his powers to her until their oldest son Ivan, who was only 3 at the time, was mature enough to rule the country.She had a new defensive wall constructed around Moscow, invited settlers from Lithuania, bought Russian prisoners free and instigated measures to protect travellers against street bandits.In a negative note, her reign was infamous for conflicts inside the government caused by her close association with a handsome young boyar named Ivan Feodorovich Ovchina-Telepnev-Obolensky and the Metropolitan Daniel.
Eastern Slavic naming customspatronymicfamily nameRegent of RussiaIvan IVGrand Princess consort of MoscowSolomonia SaburovaAnastasia RomanovnaAscension ConventKolomenskoyeArchangel CathedralKremlinVasili III of RussiaIvan VasilyevichYuri VasilevichGlinskiAna JakšićRussian OrthodoxRussiande factoGlinskyLipka TatarJakšić noble familyMikhail Lvovich GlinskyVasili IIISolomoniya SaburovaRussian Orthodox ChurchIvan the TerribleYuri of UglichwitchesFinlandchroniclesregencyboyarsYury IvanovichAndrey of Staritsacurrencymonetary systemarmisticeLithuaniaSwedenMetropolitan DanielAgrippina Fedorovna ChelyadninaShuiskysPayne, RobertRomanoff, NikitaIsabel de MadariagaRussian royaltyGrand Princess of MoscowTsaritsa of all RussiaAigusta Anastasia of LithuaniaAlexandra VelyaminovaEudoxia of MoscowSophia of LithuaniaMaria of BorovskMaria of TverSophia Palaiologina