valyrianpoem: Sophia Palaiologina was a Byzantine princess member of the Imperial Palaiologos f

valyrianpoem:

Sophia Palaiologina was a Byzantine princess member of the Imperial Palaiologos family, by marriage Grand Princess of Moscow as the second wife of Grand Prince Ivan III the Great. Through her eldest son Vasili III, she was also the grandmother of Ivan the Terrible, the first Tsar of All Russia. Died on April 7, 1503 (48 years old).