Princess Anastasia Slutskaya
Anastasia Slutskaya (born Anastasia Ivanovna; end of the 15th century - 1st half of the 16th century) was a daughter of Ivan Yurievich, Prince of Mstislavl, from his first marriage with Ulyana. After marriage, she became known as Princess Slutskaya. Biography. In the early 1490s, Anastasia married Semion Mikhailovich Slutsky, Prince of Slutsk and Kopyl, who died in 1503. Since their son, Yuri, was still too young, Anastasia became the ruler of the principality. At the time, the Tatars often attacked the principality. Prince Semion had to repel multiple attacks. After his death, Princess Anastasia led the troops  to fight the invaders. She managed to protect the Principality of Slutsk through 1505 -1508, although the land was devastated after the raids. The young widow had many suitors. The most famous of Anastasia's admirers was Prince Mikhail Lvovich Glinsky, a prominent Lithuanian lord. According to  Maciej Stryjkovski, a Polish historian of the late 16th century, Anastasia and Mikhail had an affair. However, when Mikhail proposed in 1508, she turned the offer down. To win her over, the suitor made two attempts to take Slutsk by storm, both unsuccessful. Later, Mikhail Glinsky and his brothers went to serve Grand  Duke of Moscow Vasily III. In his message to Vasily III, Mikhail Glinski confessed that it was his relative Andrew Drozhdzh who had besieged Slutsk, not him. When Anastasia's son Yuri grew older, he became the ruler of the principality while his mother stepped down. Nothing is known about the last years of Anastasia's life. She died at the age of 55 (circa 1526), and her death is recorded in the Suprasl Necrology. Personal life. Husband: Children: Representation in Art. Some East Slavic epics are directly or indirectly dedicated to Anastasia Slutskaya as a brave female warrior.   In  2003, Belarusfilm Production Company dedicated a movie to Anastasia Slutskaya. Her role was played by Svetlana Zelenkovskaya. In September 2016, a monument to Anastasia Slutskaya was erected in Slutsk, Belarus. On October 30, 2018, the ballet "Anastasia" premiered at the National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre of Belarus to music by the contemporary Belarusian composer Vyacheslav Kuznetsov. The ballet was directed by Yuri Troyan, People's Artist of Belarus.