Vasili III Ivanovich (, also
Basil) (25 March 1479 – 3 December 1533, Moscow) was the
Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. He was the son of
Ivan III Vasiliyevich and
Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name
Gavriil (Гавриил). He had three brothers;
Yuri, born in 1480, Simeon, born in 1487 and Andrei, born in 1490, as well as five sisters: Elena (born and died in 1474), Feodosiya (born and died in 1475), another Elena (born 1476), another Feodosiya (born 1485) and Eudoxia (born 1492).