The title of Prince of Tver was borne by the head of the branch of the Rurikid dynasty that ruled the Principality of Tver. In 1247 Tver was allocated to Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky

Alexander Nevsky

Alexander Nevsky was the Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir during some of the most trying times in the city's history. Commonly regarded as the key figure of medieval Rus, Alexander was the grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest and rose to legendary status on account of his military...

, and became an independent principality

Principality

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. In 1252, the principality passed to his brother Yaroslav, who became the ancestor of the Tver dynasty of princes.

List of Princes of Tver

• 1246 - 1272 Yaroslav
• 1272 - 1285 Svyatoslav
• 1285 - 1318 Michael the Saint
• 1318 - 1326 Dmitry the Terrible Eyes
• 1326 - 1327 Alexander I
• 1328 - 1338 Konstantin
• 1338 - 1339 Alexander I
• 1339 - 1346 Konstantin
• 1346 - 1351 Vsevolod
• 1351 - 1368 Vasily of Kashin
• 1368 - 1399 Mikhail II
  Mikhail II of Tver
  Mikhail Alexandrovich was Grand Prince of Tver and briefly held the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir. He was one of only two Tver princes after 1317 to hold the grand princely title, which was almost the exclusive purview of the Muscovite princes.Mikhail Alexandrovich was the third son of...
  
  , "Grand Prince of Tver" (c. 1375)
• 1400 - 1425 Ivan
• 1425 Alexander II
• 1425 Yury
• 1425 - 1461 Boris the Great
  Boris of Tver
  Boris of Tver or Boris the Great was a prince of Tver.Boris, the son of Alexander II of Tver, was Grand Prince of Tver from April 22 1426 to his death...
  
  
• 1461 - 1485 Mikhail III the Exile
  Mikhail III of Tver
  Mikhail III of Tver or Michael the Exile was the last prince of Tver.Mikhail was the son of Boris of Tver and Anastasia of Suzdal . He was Grand Prince of Tver from February 10 1461 to 1485...
  
  

In 1485, Ivan III of Moscow

Ivan III of Russia

Ivan III Vasilyevich , also known as Ivan the Great, was a Grand Prince of Moscow and "Grand Prince of all Rus"...

 conquered Tver, and until 1490, his son Ivan governed the duchy.

External links

• Borzakovskiy Vladimir Stepanovich. (1876) (in Russian). History of the Prince of Tver (История Тверского княжества) at Runivers.ru in DjVu
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