Principality of Trubetsk
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| Capital | Trubeck | ||||
| Language(s) | Ruthenian | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
| Government | Principality | ||||
| Prince of Trubetsk | |||||
| - 1164-1196 | Wsiewołod IV Czermny (first) | ||||
| - 1520–1566 | Symeon Perski Trubetsky (last) | ||||
| History | |||||
| - Established | 1164 | ||||
| - Disestablished | January 20, 1566 | ||||
The Principality of Trubetsk (Ruthenian: Kniastwa Trubetskie) was a small, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by The Grand Duchy of Lithuania to its west and by Muscovy to its east. The Principality of Trubetsk was a principality within modern Bryansk Oblast, about 50 miles (80 kilometres) southwest of Briańsk. A sub-principality under Nowogród Siewierski, it was elevated to the status of independent principality 1164 – 1196, 1202 – 1211, 1212 – 1240, 1378 – 1566.
The Trubetsk town was founed in the era of vikings. The official date of town foundation is 975. It referred in a great ancient Ruthenian poem, The Tale of Igor's Campaign. This poem called the princes of the Slavonic lands to join forces to resist the approaching Tatar invasion. This poem also glorified the courage of army of Wsiewołod IV Czermny, the Prince of Trubetsk and of Kursk.
Inhabitants of Trubetsk were famous for their bravery in military actions. In 1185 the Trubetsk army fought against Cumans (the common name of the nomadic tribes, who made a plundering raids to Ruthenia). That war was described in The Tale of Igor's Campaign.
[edit] Ruling princes
- To Nowogród Siewierski until 1164.
- RURIKOVICH
- Światosław II (at Velikiy Novgorod in 1232)..........1212 - 12 ? d. aft. 1232
- Under Mongol control.........................1240 - 1357
- Under Lithuanian authority...................1357 - 1378
- GIEDYMINOWICZ-TRUBETSKY
- Dymitr I Starszy (also at Briańsk)....1357 - 1379 † 1399
- Andrzej Dymitrowicz Trubetsky...................................1379 - 1399
- Michał Dymitrowicz Trubetsky..................................1399 - 15th century
- Symeon Michałowicz Trubetsky (also at Świsłocz 1366 – 14??)....15th century – after 1411 (1462?; a half of the principality)
- Jerzy Michałowicz Trubetsky..................................15th century — 1445 (a half of the principality) † after 1445
- Iwan Symeonowicz Trubetsky....after 1411 (1462?) – before 1499 (a half of the principality) † 16th century
- Iwan Jerziewicz Trubetsky..................................1499 – 1500, 1503-15 January 1520 (a half of the principality)
- Andrzej Iwanowicz Trubetsky...................................before 1499 – 16 May 1546 (one third of the half of the principality)
- Iwan Iwanowicz Trubetsky...................................before 1499 – 1538 (one third of the half of the principality)
- Fiodor Iwanowicz Trubetsky...................................before 1499 – 1540 (one third of the half of the principality)
- Symeon Iwanowicz Perski Trubetsky...................................15 January 1520 – 20 January 1566 (a quarter of the principality)
- Symeon-Bogdan Aleksandrowicz Trubetsky...................................15 January 1520 — ca 1543 (a quarter of the principality)
- Michał Andrzejowicz Trubetsky...................................16 May 1546 – 5 December 1556 (a half of the principality)
- To Muscovy........................................20 January 1566
- To Rzeczpospolita........................................1609
- Wigund-Jeronym Trubetsky....1611 - 1634 (under authority of Rzeczpospolita)
- Aleksy Trubetsky....1634 – 1645 (under authority of Rzeczpospolita) † 1680
