Background
He was born deaf mute, and was thus never considered to be a candidate as heir to the Russian throne. Yuri was the second son of Vasily III of Russia and Elena Glinskaya.
He was born deaf mute, and was thus never considered to be a candidate as heir to the Russian throne. Yuri was the second son of Vasily III of Russia and Elena Glinskaya.
He ruled the appanage principality of Uglich on the Volga. He was a year and a half old when his father died of a leg abscess, and six when his mother was apparently poisoned. Yuri was married on 3 November 1547 to Princess Ulyana of Palekh (Paletskaya) and had a son, Vasili, in 1559.
The child died 11 months later.
Yuri died three years later from natural causes.