Ana Glinskaya Jakšić, grandmother of the great emperor Ivan the Terrible, took care of the upbringing of the minor emperor after his parents passed away. As a shadow co-ruler, she retained power at the Moscow court for the rest of her life.
The story begins with the origin and life journey of Ana Jakšić. About the Jakšić family, a famous noble family from the time of the Serbian despotism, and later, warriors of the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus.
The historical role of the female descendants of the Jakšić noble family. Brides from this Jakšić family went to respectable manor houses.
By marrying the Lithuanian prince Vasili Glinski, Anna arrived at the Grand Duke's Moscow court with the entire Glinski family. Prince Vasilije III fell in love with her beautiful daughter, Jelena Glinska. From that marriage was born the long-awaited heir Ivan IV Vasilievich, the future emperor of all Russia, called Ivan the Terrible.