Ivan the Young [SEP] father
Ivan the Young
Ivan Ivanovich (also known as, Ivan the Young, Ioann Ioannovich and Ivan Molodoy) ("Иван Иванович", "Иоанн Иоаннович", "Иван Молодой" in Russian) (15 February 1458 – 6 March 1490), was the eldest son and heir of Ivan III of Russia from his first marriage to Maria of Tver.
Ivan's father empowered him to deal with most administrative and military affairs of the state in order to make ordinary Russian people think of him as their future ruler
Ivan the Young, and the other siding with Sophia. In 1476 the Venetian Ambrogio Contarini noted that the heir to the throne had lost the favor of his father, thanks to the intrigues of the Despina (title given to Sophia after her father); however, if any tension existed between father and son, this didn't exclude him from his rights, as from 1477 Ivan the Young was officially referred to as the co-ruler of Ivan III.
In subsequent years,the princely family increased significantly: between