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Also Known As Vasily Vasilyevich • Vasily the Blind • Vasily Tyomny
Born 1415
Died March 27, 1462 (aged 47) • Moscow • Russia
House / Dynasty Rurik dynasty
Notable Family Members father Vasily I • son Ivan III

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Ivan III
Ivan III
Russian prince
Ivan I
Russian prince
Vasily III
Vasily III
grand prince of Moscow
Peter I
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Catherine II
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
Vasily I
grand prince of Moscow
Mikhail Nikolayevich, Count Muravyov
Russian diplomat and statesman [1845-1900]
Baldwin V
count of Flanders
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
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emperor of France
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
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portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer
Charlemagne
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Frederick II
Frederick II
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Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck
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Augustus
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Genghis Khan
Mongol ruler
Philip II
Philip II
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William Pitt, the Elder
William Pitt, the Elder
prime minister of United Kingdom
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Kangxi
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