(1353 – 1359)
After Simeon the Proud, Grand Duke was his brother Ioann II, meek, merciful.
The leaders of the incapable Ioann II were experienced Moscow boyars and Metropolitan St. Alexius, who often traveled to the Horde and enjoyed the great location of the khan for healing from the blindness of his Tayduly’s wife.
After Ioann, a young son, Dimitry Ioannovich, remained.