Andrey Kurbsky

Prince Andrey Mikhailovich Kurbsky (Russian: Андрей Михайлович Курбский; Polish: Andriej Michajłowicz Kurbski; 1528–1583) was a Russian political figure, military leader, and political philosopher, known as an intimate friend and then a leading political opponent of the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible (r. 1533–1584). His correspondence with the tsar provides a unique source for the history of 16th-century Russia.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mikhailovich and the family name is Kurbsky.
Andrey Kurbsky
Андрей Курбский
Kurbsky in Novgorod, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible
Born1528
Died1583
Parent
  • Mikhail Kurbsky (father)
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