Marfa Boretskaya, also known as Martha the Mayoress (Russian: Марфа Посадница - Marfa Posadnitsa), was the wife of Isaac Boretsky, Novgorod's posadnik in 1438–1439 and again in 1453. According to legend and historical tradition, she led the republic's struggle against Muscovy between her husband's death and the city's eventual annexation by Ivan III of Russia in 1478.
MarfaBoretskaya, also known as Martha the Mayoress (Russian: Марфа Посадница - Marfa Posadnitsa), was the wife of Isaac Boretsky, Novgorod's posadnik...
MarfaBoretskaya died in a vicious storm; their bodies were recovered on the beach near the monastery twelve days later. At the urging of Boretskaya,...
as regent for Casimir IV, arrived in Novgorod initially to marry MarfaBoretskaya, the matriarch of the pro-Lithuanian faction in the city (or else to...
Olelkovich, a cousin of Ivan III, to be accepted. According to tradition, MarfaBoretskaya, the wife of the posadnik Isak Boretsky, was the main proponent of...
Dmitry Isaakovich Boretsky, one of the Boretsky clan which, led by MarfaBoretskaya, had championed the city's opposition to Moscow. In the longer term...
the anti-Moscow faction in Novgorod executed, including the son of MarfaBoretskaya, an influential boyar woman who had played a leading role in the faction...
monastery. Zosima later became the first hegumen of the monastery. After MarfaBoretskaya, wife of the posadnik of Novgorod, donated her lands at Kem and Summa...
Sergius of Radonezh, spiritual leader Filaret, Patriarch of Moscow MarfaBoretskaya, Posadnik of Novgorod Alexander Pushkin, poet and writer Peter Mogila...
Honjou (本庄 繁長, Honjō Shigenaga) 3rd Special Unit of J.M.K. academy. MarfaBoretskaya The Mayor of Novgorod, she's also one of the Eight Dragon Kings, wielding...