Saint Ksenya Yurievna

Тверь, Тверское Княжество

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Saint Ksenya Yurievna

Russian: Княгиня Тверская Ксения Юрьевна, Lithuanian: Ksenija Jurgaitė
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Birthplace: Таруса, Тарусское Удельное Княжество
Death: 1312 (61-63)
Тверь, Тверское Княжество
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Prince Torussky Yuri Mikhailovich and Princess Marija
Wife of Prince of Tver Yaroslav Yaroslavich
Mother of Prince Tverskoy Mikhail Yaroslavich; Sofia Yaroslavna; Basil (Vasily) of Valdimir; Sviatoslav Prince of Tver Grand Prince of Vladimir; Daniil (Daniel) Yaroslavich and 2 others
Sister of Михаил Юрьевич; Prince of Taruss Vsevolod Yurevich; Prince Semen Yurevich; Prince Torussky Konstantin Yurievich and Prince Ivan Yurevich Volkonsky

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О Княгине Тверской Ксении Юрьевне (русский)

Княжна Тарусская, Княгиня Тверская

https://everything.explained.today/Xenia_of_Tarusa/
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https://www.biographies.net/biography/xenia_of_tarusa/m/04d_scb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenia_of_Tarusa

Xenia of Tarusa (Russian: Ксения Тарусская) (c. 1246 – 1312), also known as Kseniya Yurievna (Russian: Ксения Юрьевна), (also Ksenia) [1] was a Princess consort of Tver and Grand Princess consort of Vladimir from 1267 to 1271. She is counted among the saints of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Xenia of Tarusa was a daughter of Youri Mikhailovich, Prince of Tarusa.[2]

She married Yaroslav III (Yaroslav Yaroslavich), Prince of Tver and Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1265.[1] During her marriage and the reign of her husband she was unusually influential in the affairs of the state and remained so even after Yaroslav's death in 1271. Soon after she retired to the women's monastery in Novgorod yet continued to play an influential role in the affairs of the principality. She died in 1312 as a nun and was buried in the Transfiguration Cathedral [ru] she founded.

Canonization
Soon after her death she was canonized locally, and again in 1988.[3]

She is revered in the Diocese of Tver: Her Memorial Day is on the first Sunday after June 29.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Xenia_of_Tarusa

Xenia of Tarusa (Russian: Ксения Тарусская) (c. 1246 – 1312), also known as Kseniya Yurievna (Russian: Ксения Юрьевна), was a Princess consort of Tver and Grand Princess consort of Vladimir from 1267 to 1271. She is counted among the Saints of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Xenia of Tarusa was a daughter of Youri Mikhailovich, Prince of Tarusa.

She married Yaroslav III (Yaroslav Yaroslavich), Prince of Tver and Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1265. During her marriage and the reign of her husband she was unusually influential in the affairs of the state and remained so even after Yaroslav's death in 1271. Soon after she retired to the women's monastery in Novgorod yet continued to play an influential role in the affairs of the principality. She died in 1312 as a nun and was buried in the Transfiguration Cathedral [ru] she founded.

Canonization
Soon after her death she was canonized locally, and again in 1988.

She is revered in the Diocese of Tver: Her Memorial Day is on the first Sunday after June 29.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240489673/ksenia-yurievna

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Saint Ksenya Yurievna's Timeline

1250
1250
Таруса, Тарусское Удельное Княжество
1272
October 15, 1272
Владимир, Владимирское Княжество
1312
1312
Age 62
Тверь, Тверское Княжество
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Tver, Russia
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