During the struggle between the Shuisky family and prince Ivan Belsky in 1538, Daniel supported the latter, for which he would be defrocked a year later by the Shuiskys.
After that, Valuyev and Prince Fyodor Yeletsky were put in charge of a unit stationed in a village of Tsaryovo-Zaymishche and responsible for providing cover for the army of Dmitry Shuisky (located near Mozhaysk).
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Grigory Valuyev was often used as a voyevoda/messenger between the tsar and his cousin Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky during the latter’s trip to Novgorod in 1609.
Khovansky took part in the Battle of Klushino, where Shuisky suffered a severe defeat from Hetman Żółkiewski.
The Poor Bride was premiered in Maly Theater on August 20, 1853 with Saburova as Nezabudkina, E.N.Vasilieva (Marya Andreevna), Cherkassov (Merich), S.S.Vasiliev (Milashin), Shuisky (Dobrotvorsky), Prov Sadovsky (Benevolensky), Poltavtsev (Khorjkov), Akimova (Khorjkova).
According to letters written by his older brother Ivan, the two children customarily felt neglected and offended by the mighty boyars from the Shuisky and Belsky families.