Elena of Moldavia

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Elena of Moldavia
Grand Princess of Moscow
Fantasy portrait from the album of the Bucharest National Museum of Antiquities (1904)
Princess of Tver
Reign	1485–1490
Monarch	Ivan III
Born	c. 1464–1466
Died	(1505-01-18)18 January 1505 (aged 39 or 41) Moscow, Russia
Burial	Ascension Convent, Moscow
Spouse	Ivan Ivanovich of Russia ​ ​ (m. 1483; died 1490)​
Issue	Dmitry Ivanovich
Names Russian: Елена Стефановна Волошанка English: Elena Voloshanka Stefanovna
House	Mușat
Father	Stephen III of Moldavia
Mother	Princess Evdochia of Kiev

Elena Stefanovna of Moldavia (Russian: Елена Стефановна, romanized: Yelena Stefanovna), also known as Elena the Vlach (Russian: Елена Волошанка, romanized: Yelena Voloshanka; c. 1464–1466 – 18 January 1505), was a Moldavian princess as a daughter of Stephen III, who later became the grand princess consort of Moscow in 1483 as the wife of Ivan the Young,^[1] the heir of Ivan III of Russia.

After her husband's death in 1490, their son Dmitry Ivanovich was made co-ruler in 1498 until her faction lost in 1502; she and her son were then imprisoned.