Background
Elena was a daughter of Prince Vasili Lvovich Glinsky and Princess Ana Jakšić of Serbia. It is to her powerful uncle, Prince Mikhail Glinsky, that the family owned its distinction. In 1525, Vasili III resolved to divorce his barren wife, Solomoniya Saburova, and marry Elena. According to the chronicles, he chose Elena "because of the beauty of her face and her young age."
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