1433
- Sofia Vitovtovna, present at her son
Vasili II's
wedding, recognized that
Vasily the Cross-Eyed
wore a golden belt which had formerly belonged to her father-in-law,
Dmitry Donskoi
. Accusing Vasili of stealing, she solemnly pulled the belt from the bewildered prince. Disgusted with such a greed on Sofia's part, Vasili's father
Yury of Zvenigorod
left the capital and declared war, starting the
Great Feudal War in Muscovy