Afanasy Fedorovich Kuritsyn - statesman and diplomat under the Grand Duke of Moscow Vasily III and his son Ivan IV .
The son of the Duma embassy clerk Fyodor Vasilyevich Kuritsyn .
Service at Vasily III
In 1524 it is mentioned in the retinue of Vasily III during a campaign in Kazan . In 1529 he received the rank of clerk and was one of the close courtiers of Vasily III. He participated in diplomatic negotiations with Lithuania and the Kazan Khanate . In 1524 and 1532 he headed the embassies in Kazan, ascending the throne of Jan Ali . Since 1531 - a bit clerk. In February 1531, he delivered from Tula to Moscow the disgraced I. Vorotynsky, I. Ovchin-Telepnev-Obolensky, I. Latsky. In 1533 he participated in meetings at the bedside of the dying Vasily III.
Service under Ivan the Terrible
He was a member of the regency council under the infant king. In 1524 he checked immunity letters. In 1535, during the Russo-Lithuanian war, he delivered an order to Mikhail Vasilyevich Gorbaty and other governors. Since 1538 in disgrace. After 1540 is not mentioned.
Literature
- Boguslavsky V.V. Slavic Encyclopedia. Kievan Rus - Muscovy: in 2 t. - M.: Olma-Press, 2005.