Anna of Ryazan

Anna Vasilievna of Ryazan (Russian: Анна Васильевна; 1451–1501) was a Russian noblewoman, Regent of the Ryazan Principality in 1483 and in 1500–1501, during the minority of her son and grandson. She was the only daughter of Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow and the mother and grandmother of last Grand Princes of Ryazan Principality, as well as sister of Ivan III. Anna was born in Moscow to the family of Vasily II of Moscow, who was blinded five years before her birth during a time of troubles, and Maria Yaroslavna of Borovsk.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilievna.
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