Marriage and Children
He married Sophia of Lithuania. She was a daughter of Vytautas the Great and his wife Anna. They had nine known children:
- Anna of Moscow (1393 – August 1417), wife of John VIII Palaiologos
- Yury Vasilievich (30 March 1395 – 30 November 1400)
- Ivan Vasilievich (15 January 1396 – 20 July 1417), husband of a daughter of Ivan Vladimirovich of Pronsk.
- Anastasia Vasilievna (d. 1470), wife of Vladimir Alexander, Prince of Kiev, son of Vladimir Olgerdovich
- Daniil Vasilievich (6 December 1400 – May 1402).
- Vasilisa Vasilievna. Married first Alexander Ivanovich "Brukhaty", Prince of Suzdal and secondly his first cousin Alexander Daniilovich "Vzmetenj", Prince of Suzdal. They were both fifth-generation descendants of Andrei II of Vladimir.
- Simeon Vasilievich (13 January – 7 April 1405)
- Maria Vasilievna. Married Yuri Patrikievich, son of Patrikej, Prince of Starodub and his wife Helena. The marriage solidified his role as a Boyar attached to Moscow.
- Vasily II of Moscow (10 March 1415 – 27 March 1462)
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