Prince of Pereiaslavl'

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The Prince of Pereiaslavl' was the kniaz, the ruler or sub-ruler, of the Rus' Principality of Pereiaslavl', a lordship based on the city of Pereiaslavl' (now Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi) on the Trubezh river[1] and straddling extensive territory to the east in what are now parts of Ukraine, on the southern frontier of Rus'ian civilization with the steppe.

The princes can be traced from the inheritance of the sons of Iaroslav the Wise, Sviatoslav receiving Chernigov, Vsevolod getting Pereiaslavl, Smolensk going to Viacheslav and Vladimir-in-Volhynia going to Igor; this ladder of succession is related to the seniority order mentioned above.[2] Vsevolod's appanage included the northern lands of Rostov and the lighly colonised north-eastern zone of Rus'.[3]

The Primary Chronicle had recorded that in 988 Vladimir had assigned the northern lands (later associated with Pereiaslavl') to Iaroslav.[4] The town was destroyed by the Mongols in March 1239, the first of the great Rus' cities to all.[5]

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[edit] List of princes of Pereiaslavl'

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In 1132, Iaropolk becomes Grand Prince on brother Mstislav's death, the Monomashichi descend into civil war over Pereiaslavl'. Iaropolk appoint Vsevolod Mstislavich, prince of Novgorod, to the principality of Pereiaslavl' - in this era designated heir to the Kievan throne[6] - thus provoking Iaropolk's younger brother the prince of Suzdal Iurii Dolgorukii into war. Iurii drove out Vsevolod, whom Iaropolk then replaced with Izaislav. An agreement was reached by 1134 between Iurii and Iaropolk that their common brother Viacheslav would take the throne of Pereiaslavl'.[7]

  • Vsevolod Mstislavich, 1132 x 1134
  • Iziaslav Mstislavich, 1132 x 1134
  • Viacheslav Vladimirovich, 1132-1134
  • Andrei Vladimirovich, 1135-1141
  • Viacheslav Vladimirovich (again), 1142
  • Mstislav Iziaslavich, 1146-1149
  • Rostislav Iurevich, 1149-1151
  • Mstislav Iziaslavich (again), 1151-1155
  • Gleb Iurevich, 1155-1169
  • Vladimir Glebovich, appointed 1169, died 1187
  • Iaroslav Mstislavich ??
  • Vsevolod Iurevich, ?-1206
  • Vsevolod Chermnyi Sviatoslavich, 1206
  • Riurik Rostislavich, 1206-?
  • Vladimir Riurikovich, 1206-1213

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Martin, Medieval Russia, p. 4.
  2. ^ Martin, Medieval Russia, p. 26.
  3. ^ See here.
  4. ^ Martin, Medieval Russia, p. 38.
  5. ^ Martin, Medieval Russia, p. 139.
  6. ^ Martin, Medieval Russia, p. 174.
  7. ^ Martin, Medieval Russia, pp. 105-6.

[edit] References

  • Franklin, Simon, and Shepard, Jonathan, The Emergence of Rus, 750-1200, (Longman History of Russia, Harlow, 1996)
  • Martin, Janet, Medieval Russia, 980-1584, (Cambridge, 1995)

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