The Court of the Grand Duchess of Lithuania and Queen of Poland Elena Ivanovna

The article is a comprehensive study of the composition court Grand Duchess Lithuania Elena Ivanovna, daughter Duke Moscow Ivan III and Sophia Paleologina. author comes to conclusion that initially tried surround his with noblemen Russian servants in foreign land However, by September 1495, almost entire retinue was sent on orders Alexander Kazimirovich, her husband. re-formed model Queens Poland. All key positions it (court-master, chancellor, сook, carver) were occupied Lithuanian Catholic noblemen. female Ivanovna headed court-master who supervised ladies-in-waiting (all them origin and, probably, Catholics, exception one lady Orthodox faith came princess from Moscow). Only 1511, became court-master. Few service people arrived Russia held administrative princess’s domain. In 1509, after rebellion Prince M. L. Glinskii departure Moscow, number figures (I. S. Sapega, Iundilovich) left Duchess. remaining courtiers (Mitia Ivanovich, Kgetovt Kalinikovich, others), although formally service, fact followed instructions lords loyal king Sigismund Old.