Background
On 21 January 1391, while her father was engaged in the Lithuanian Civil War, she married Vasili I of Russia. Her father supported Vasili's claim to the throne, which was disputed by his uncle, Yuri of Zvenigorod.
On 21 January 1391, while her father was engaged in the Lithuanian Civil War, she married Vasili I of Russia. Her father supported Vasili's claim to the throne, which was disputed by his uncle, Yuri of Zvenigorod.
She was the longest serving consort of Russia. After Vasili's death in 1425 she became regent for their ten-year-old son Vasili II. Sophia was buried in the Ascension Convent. The sarcophagus was moved in 1929 to the Cathedral of the Archangel by Soviet authorities.