The Prince of Murom was the ''

kniaz , or (Old Church Slavonic: Кнѧзь) is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times of history and different ancient Slavic lands. It is usually translated into English as prince or duke, dependin ...

'', the ruler or sub-ruler, of the Rus'

Principality of Murom The Principality of Murom was a medieval Rus' lordship based on the city of Murom, now in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. Murom lay in an area that was strongly Finnic and for much of its medieval history, located in the homeland of the Muromians. It ...

, a lordship based on the city of

Murom Murom ( rus, Муром, p=ˈmurəm; Old Norse: ''Moramar'') is a historical city in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, which sprawls along the left bank of the Oka River. Population: History In the 9th century AD, the city marked the easternmost settle ...

, now in

Vladimir Oblast Vladimir Oblast (russian: Влади́мирская о́бласть, ''Vladimirskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its closest border 66 Meter, km east of central Moscow, the administrative cen ...

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. Gleb Vladimirovich, son of

Vladimir the Great Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych ( orv, Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, ''Volodiměrъ Svętoslavičь'';, ''Uladzimir'', russian: Владимир, ''Vladimir'', uk, Володимир, ''Volodymyr''. Se ...

, ruled the principality in the early eleventh century. Murom was part of the territory of the

Principality of Chernigov The Principality of Chernigov ( orv, Чєрниговскоє кънѧжьство; uk, Чернігівське князівство; russian: Черниговское княжество) was one of the largest and most powerful states within ...

in the late eleventh century, controlled by the Sviatoslavichi clan, the descendants of Iaroslav the Wise; probably it was retained by Vsevolod Iaroslavich even after this

Prince of Chernigov The Prince of Chernigov was the ''kniaz'', the ruler or sub-ruler, of the Rus' Principality of Chernigov, a lordship which lasted four centuries straddling what are now parts of Ukraine, Belarus and the Russian Federation. List of Princes of Chern ...

became

Grand Prince Grand prince or great prince (feminine: grand princess or great princess) ( la, magnus princeps; Greek: ''megas archon''; russian: великий князь, velikiy knyaz) is a title of nobility ranked in honour below emperor, equal of king or ...

in 1076.

Oleg Sviatoslavich Oleg Svyatoslavich (russian: Олег Святославич; 1052 – August 1115) was a Rurikid prince whose equivocal adventures ignited political unrest in Kievan Rus' at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries. Oleg was a younger son ...

, grandson of Iaroslav and

, ruled Murom through a ''

posadnik Posadnik (Cyrillic: посадник, (literally: по-садник - ''pre-sident'') was the mayor in some East Slavic cities or towns. Most notably, the posadnik (equivalent to a stadtholder, burgomeister, or podestà in the medieval west) was ...

'' in the early 1090s, and it was recognised as Oleg's sphere of influence at the

Liubech Conference The Council of Liubech was one of the best documented princely meetings in Kievan Rus' that took place in Liubech (today in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine) in 1097. The council ended the (1093–1097) between Svyatopolk II Izyaslavych of Kyiv, Volodym ...

of 1097. Here Oleg's brother Davyd was made co-ruler of Chernigov, and Oleg's lands were parcelled out between Oleg, Davyd and their brother Iaroslav; the latter obtained Ryanzan and Murom. In 1392 Vasily Dmitr'evich, Prince of Moscow and

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, obtained a patent from Khan

Tokhtamysh Tokhtamysh ( kz, Тоқтамыс, tt-Cyrl, Тухтамыш, translit=Tuqtamış, fa, توقتمش),The spelling of Tokhtamysh varies, but the most common spelling is Tokhtamysh. Tokhtamısh, Toqtamysh, ''Toqtamış'', ''Toqtamıs'', ''Toktamy ...

authorising the annexation of the Murom principality, along with those of

Nizhni Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

and Gorodets.Martin, ''Medieval Russia'', p. 228.

List of princes of Murom

* Iaroslav Sviatoslavich, 1097–1129 * Iurii Iaroslavich, 1129–1143 * Sviatoslav Iaroslavich, 1143–1145 * Rostislav Iaroslavich, 1145–1147 * Vladimir Sviatoslavich, 1147–1149 * Rostislav Iaroslavich (again), 1149–1155 * Vladimir Sviatoslavich (again), 1155–1161 * Iurii Vladimirovich, 1161–1174 * Vladimir Yuryevich, ?–1203 * Davyd Yuryevich, 1203–1228 * Iurii Davydovich, ?–1237 * Igor Yuryevich, 1203–? * Iaroslav Yuryevich, 1237–? After Iaroslav and the destruction of Murom by the Mongols, the princes of Murom disappeared for nearly a century, resuming with: * Vasily Iaroslavich, ?–1344 x 8 * Iurii Iaroslavich, 1344 x 8–1353 * Fedor Glebovich, 1353–x 1392

Notes

References

* Dimnik, Martin, ''The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146–1246'', (Cambridge, 2003) * 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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Murom, Princes Of Noble titles of Kievan Rus