Vasily Udloy

Vasily Mikhailovich Udaloy (d. 1495/1501 ) - the serving prince Vereisky, the eldest son of the prince Mikhail Andreevich Vereisky ( 1432 - 1486 ) and Elena Yaroslavna Borovskaya (d. 1486 ). Second cousin of the Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan III Vasilyevich .

Vasily Mikhailovich Udaloy Vereisky
Date of Birth
Date of death	1495/1501
Affiliation	Russian kingdom Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Rank	governor and prince
Battles / wars	Campaigns against Kazan Tatars, Novgorodians and the Golden Horde

In 1468, Prince Vasily Udaloy appeared on the stage of political activity. In this and subsequent years, he participated in the campaigns of Russian troops in the Kazan Khanate .

In 1471, Vasily Udaloy, along with his father, Prince Mikhail Andreyevich Vereisky , participated in the first campaign of Ivan III Vasilyevich . Father and son with a specific squad besieged the Demon town of Novgorod, which surrendered to them, paying a ransom of 100 rubles. In 1472, Vasily Mikhailovich Udaloy participated in the reflection of the horde of the Golden Horde Khan Akhmat from the banks of the river Okie.

In 1477-1478 , together with his father, he participated in the second campaign of the Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan III Vasilyevich to the Novgorod Republic. In 1480, Vasily Udaloy, together with the eldest son and co-ruler of the Grand Duke Ivan the Young and his uncle, Prince of Tarusa Andrei Vasilyevich Less , participated in the reflection of Akhmat Khan from the banks of the Ugra River.

In 1482, Ivan III Vasilyevich concluded an agreement with his cousin Uncle Mikhail Andreevich Vereisky , grandson of Dmitry Donskoy. Mikhail Vereisky gave up his rights to Beloozero and was left only the life owner of his inheritance without the right to transfer ownership to his eldest son Vasily Udalu.

In 1483, the prince-governor Vasily Mikhailovich Udaloy fell into disgrace. In that year, the grand duke of Moscow Ivan III was born a grandson Dmitry Ivanovich . On this occasion, he " gave his daughter-in-law ( Elena Stefanovna , the wife of Ivan the Young ) by planting his first great princes of Tferi by planting. " However, this “ planting ” (a precious ornamental necklace), Grand Duchess Sofya Fominichna presented her niece Maria Andreevna Paleolog, who married Prince Vasily Mikhailovich Vereisky. The enraged Grand Duke ordered that all of his wife’s dowry be taken from Prince Vereisky and, in addition, “ he wanted to be with the Princess ”. In the same 1483, Vasily Udaloy, together with his wife Maria, fled to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Casimir Jagiellonchik received with honors from the defector prince. In October 1483, Vasily Mikhailovich Udaloy received from Casimir the specific ownership of Lubech , Koidanovo , Volozhin , Radoshkovichi .

After the flight of his son Vasily to Lithuania, the specific prince Mikhail Andreyevich Vereisky was forced to conclude a new vassal contract with the Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan III Vasilyevich in 1484 . Mikhail Vereisky undertook not to name any relationship with his deserter son and was forced to bequeath his inheritance to the Grand Duke. In April 1486, after the death of the Vereisk prince Mikhail Andreevich, Ivan III Vasilyevich annexed the Vereisk principality ( Vereya and Maloyaroslavets ) to the grand-ducal possessions.

In 1493, Grand Duchess Sofia Fominichna procured forgiveness and permission for Vasily Mikhailovich Vereisky and his wife to return to their homeland, but for some reason the exiles did not take advantage of this. In 1494, after the conclusion of eternal peace between the Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan III Vasilyevich and the Grand Duke of Lithuania Alexander Kazimirovich , the latter undertook to “ not let go of nowhere, and go away from the earth, and not to accept him again ”.