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Vasily Yaroslavich
(1241
[1]
? January 1276
[2]
) was a Grand Duke of
Vladimir
. He was the youngest son of
Yaroslav II
, he was given
Kostroma
by his uncle
Svyatoslav III
in 1246. As the eldest surviving grandson of
Vsevolod III
, he succeeded to
Vladimir
in 1272
[3]
and to
Novgorod
the following year.
[4]
He was one of the first princes who didn't bother to leave their own town (i.e., Kostroma) and settle in Vladimir. His descendants continued to rule Kostroma for half a century after his death in January 1276.
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