Ana Jakšić

Anna Glinskaya (Russian: Анна Глинская; Serbian: Ана Глинска, romanized: Ana Glinska), née Ana Jakšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Јакшић; Russian: Анна Якшич, romanized: Anna Yakshich) (died 1553), was a Russian noble of the Jakšić family. She was the mother of Elena Glinskaya and Mikhail Glinski and grandmother of Tsar Ivan the Terrible.

When she arrived in Russia from Hungary, she married Prince Vasili Lvovich Glinsky, belonging to a Lipka Tatar clan claiming descent from the Mongol ruler Mamai (1335-1380). During the regency of her daughter from 1533 until 1538, she is said to have wielded influence over Russian affairs of the state. After the death of her daughter, Ana and the Glinsky were removed from influence. When her grandson Ivan IV was declared of age and the regency terminated, Ana and her son Mikhail arranged the coronation of Ivan and secured influence over him during his early reign. Ivan granted them a principality and allowed for a reprisal of their former opponents, which were carried out "on the orders of Prince Mikhail Glinski and his mother Anna" rather than the Tsar himself.

The influence of Anna and Mikhail created public hatred toward them, and when a fire destroyed large parts of Moscow in June 1547, the public demanded that Ana be turned over to them, and accused her of being a sorceress who had stolen the hearts of people and then flew over the city and sprinkled it with the water from the hearts, causing the fire. Anna and Mikhail were forced to flee and hide in the village of Vorobievo.

This incident destroyed their power base also at court, but despite this, they returned to court and their former position of influence. When they appeared in public to attend the wedding of Ivan's brother Iurii, the court nobility protested and convinced the Tsar to remove his grandmother and uncle from the court. Ivan IV confiscated their principality and land grants and declared them in disgrace. It is unknown what happened to them, but they were likely imprisoned.