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Eudokia Dmitriyevna

1353–1407 · 14th century · Also known as Evdokia Dmitriyevna, Euphrosyne of Moscow

Eudokia Dmitriyevna was Grand Princess of Moscow as the wife of Dmitry Donskoy, whom she married in 1366. A daughter of Dmitry Konstantinovich of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod, she sealed the alliance between the two princely houses. She founded the Ascension Convent in the Moscow Kremlin, became a nun under the name Euphrosyne shortly before her death in 1407, and is venerated as a saint.

Eudokia Dmitriyevna
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Grand Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal

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