DUKE OF MOSCOVYS GENEALOGY ad 



1580. 



Duke of Lithuania, which was afterward king of Polonia) 

 was evil intreated, and was withdrawen from the Greekish 

 religion unto the ceremonies of the Church of Rome. 

 But against the Livonians for none other cause, but 

 onely for an incredible desire of enlarging his dominions. 

 Howbeit what impulsive causes of Title or no moment 

 happened in the mean season, we will in another place 

 more plainely declare. Notwithstanding he was very 

 often and in divers battels vanquished by Plettebergius 

 the great master of the Dutch knights : but it is not 

 to the purpose to stand any longer upon this discourse. 



He was married first unto Marie the Duke of 

 Tyversky his daughter, and of her hee begate John, 

 unto whom in his life time he surrendred his Duke- 

 dome, and married him unto the daughter of Stephan 

 the Palatine of Moldavia : which John, after he had 

 begotten his sonne Demetrius, deceased before his father. 



Afterward Ivan Vasilowich aforesaide married a wife 

 called Sophia being daughter unto Thomas Palaelogus, 

 which is reported to have had her dowry out of the 

 Popes treasury, because the Moscovite had promised 

 to conforme himselfe unto the Romish Church. This 

 Sophia being a woman of a princely and aspiring minde, 

 and often complaining that she was married unto the 

 Tartars vassal, at length by her instant intreatie and [I- 224.] 

 continual perswasions, and by a notable stratageme she 

 cast off that slavish yoke very much unbeseeming so 

 mighty a prince. For whereas the Tartarian Duke had 

 his procuratours and agents in the Moscovites court, 

 who dwelt in their owne houses built within the very 

 castle of Mosco, and were eye witnesses of all affaires 

 which were there performed : Sophia said she was ad- 

 monished from heaven to builde a Temple in the selfe 

 same place where the Tartars house stoode, and to con- 

 secrate it unto Saint Nicholas. Being therfore delivered 

 of a sonne she invited the Tartarian Duke unto the 

 solemne baptizing of him, and beeing come, shee re- 

 quested him to give her his house, and obtained it at 



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