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Prince Ivan the Young was the only child and only son of Ivan III and Princess Maria of Tver. He was born on 15 February 1458. From 1471, several documents call him “grand prince” alongside his father. On 6 January 1483, he married Princess Helen of Moldavia, daughter of Prince Stephen the Great. Ivan and Helen had a son who was known as Prince Dmitry the Grandson (10 October 1483). Prince Ivan the Young died in suspicious circumstances at the age of thirty-two on 7 March 1490.