The Prince of Smolensk 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 Smolensk The Principality of Smolensk (eventually Grand Principality of Smolensk) was a Kievan Rus' lordship from the 11th to the 16th century. Until 1127, when it passed to Rostislav Mstislavich, the principality was part of the land of Kiev. The princ ...

, a lordship based on the city of

Smolensk Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest ...

. It passed between different groups of descendants of Grand Prince Iaroslav I of Kiev until 1125, when following the death of

Vladimir Monomakh Vladimir II Monomakh (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Мономахъ, ''Volodiměrŭ Monomakhŭ''; uk, Володимир Мономах, translit=Volodymyr Monomakh; russian: Владимир Мономах; Christian name: ''Vasiliy'' ...

the latter's grandson

Rostislav Mstislavich Rostislav Mstislavich (Russian and Ukrainian: Ростисла́в Мстисла́вич) ( c. 1110–1167), Kniaz' (Prince) of Smolensk (1125–1160), Novgorod (1154) and Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kiev (Kyiv, 1154, 1159–1167). He was th ...

was installed in the principality, while the latter's father Mstislav I Vladimirovich became Grand Prince. It gained its own bishopric in 1136. It was Rostislav's descendants, the Rostaslavichi, who ruled the principality until the fifteenth-century. Smolensk enjoyed stronger western ties than most Rus' principalities.

Grand Duchy of Kiev (Princes of Smolensk)

* 1010–1015 Stanislav Vladimirovich

Yaroslavichi

* 1054–1057 Viacheslav I Yaroslavich * 1057–1060 Igor I Yaroslavich * 1060–1073 Sviatoslav I Yaroslavich * 1073–1077 Vladimir I Monomakh * 1077–1085 Vladimir II Vsevolodich

Monomakhovichi/Sviatoslavichi

* 1092-1093 Mstislav I * 1093–1095 Iziaslav I Vladimirovich * 1095–1097 David I Sviatoslavich * 1097–1113 Sviatoslav II Vladimirovich and Yaropolk I * 1113–1125 Viacheslav II Vladimirovich

Monomakhovichi / Rostislavichi

* 1125–1160 Rostislav I * 1160–1171 Roman I (1st time) * 1171–1172 Yaropolk II Romanovich (1st time) * 1172–1174 Roman I (2nd time) * 1174–1175 Yaropolk II Romanovich (2nd time) * 1175–1176 Mstislav I Rostislavich "The Brave" * 1176–1180 Roman I (3rd time) * 1180–1197 David II Rostislavich * 1197–1213 Mstislav II "The Old" * 1213–1219

Vladimir III Rurikovich Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Uk ...

* 1219–1230 Mstislav III Davidovich

Rostislavichi / Mstislavichi

* 1230–1232 Rostislav II Mstislavich * 1232–1239 Sviatoslav III Mstislavich * 1239–1249 Vsevolod I Mstislavich * 1249–1278 Gleb I Rostislavich * 1278–1279 Mikhail I Rostislavich * 1279–1287

Theodore the Black Duke Theodore Rostislavich nicknamed Theodore the Black (c. 1230s – 1298), Феодор Ростиславич Чёрный (Чёрмный) or Fyodor the Black in Russian ( Fyodor or Fedor being the Russian version of Theodore), is a saint ...

* 1297–1313 Aleksandr I Glebovich * 1313–1359 Ivan I Aleksandrovich * 1359–1386 Sviatoslav IV Ivanovich * 1386–1392

Yury of Smolensk Yury Svyatoslavich or Georgy Svyatoslavovich (russian: Юрий Святославович or Георгий Святославович) was the last sovereign ruler of the Principality of Smolensk and Bryansk (1386–95, 1401–04) whose life was ...

(1st time) * 1392–1395 Gleb II Sviatoslavich * 1395–1401 Roman II the Young, Lithuanian occupation * 1401-1404

(2nd time) * since 1407 conquest by ''

Grand Duchy of Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was Partitions of Poland, partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Empire, Habsburg Empire of ...

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Viceroys of Smolensk

* ????–???? Alexander Daszek * ????–???? Vasil Svyatoslavich * 1482–1486

Mikalojus Radvila the Old Mikalojus Radvila or Mikolaj I nicknamed ''the Old'' ( lt, Mikalojus Radvilaitis, Mikalojus II Radvila Senasis, pl, Mikołaj Radziwiłłowicz Stary, la, Nicolaus II Radziwil Priscus) (c. 1450 – 16 July 1509) was a Lithuanian noble. He wa ...

* 1486–1492 Ivan Ilinicz * 1490–1499 Yuri Glebovich * 1499–1500 Mikalaj Ilinicz * 1500–1503

Stanislaw Kiszka Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cal ...

* 1503–1507 Yury Solohub * 1507–1508 Yury Zenovich

Voivodes of Smolensk

* since 1514 conquest by '' Grand Duchy of Muscovy''

Grand Duchy of Moscow

Voivodes of Smolensk

* 1514–1517 Vasili Vasilyevich Shuisky * 1517–1518 Boris Gorbaty * 1520–1523 Ivan Vasilyevich Shuisky * 1523–1525 Vasil Mykulinsky * 1526–1527 Ivan Shchetina * 1527–1530 Yury Pronsky * 1531–1533 Alexander Khokholkov * 1534–???? Nikita Obolensky, The Crippled * 1547–???? Ivan Sredniy * 1552–???? Ivan Zvenigorodskiy * 1555–1556 Yury Meshcherskiy * 1556–???? Alexei Yuryevich * ????–???? Samson Turenin * ????–???? Nikita Obolensky * ????–???? Ivan Andreyevich Shuisky * 1576–1577 Semeon Mezetsky * 1579–???? Ivan Kurlyatev * ????–???? Andrei Ivanovich Shuisky * 1583–1584 Feodor Mosalsky * 1584–1587 Andrei Zvenigorodkiy * 1596–1602 Vasili Golitsyn * 1602–1602 Nikita Trubetskoi * 1602–1603 Grigori Velyaminov * 1603–1605 Vasili Cherkassky * 1605–???? Ivan Romodanovsky * ????–???? Ivan Khovansky * 1608–1611

Mikhail Shein Mikhail Borisovich Shein (Михаил Борисович Шеин, ) (late 1570s–1634) was a leading Russian general during the reign of Tsar Mikhail Romanov. Despite his tactical skills and successful military career, he ended up losing his ar ...

/ Peotr Gorchakov

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Voivodes of Smolensk

* 1611–1621 Mikolaj Glebovich * 1621–1621

Filon Kmita Filon Kmita (1530 Kyiv Voivodeship – 1587), also known as Kmita the Chernobylan, was a noble in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Filon Kmita was notable for conducting counter-intelligence in the Muscovite war ...

/ Andrzej Sapieha * 1625–1639 Alexander Hosevski * 1639–1643 Krzysztof Hosevski * 1643–1653 Yury Glebovich * 1653–1653

Paweł Jan Sapieha Paul John Sapieha ( lt, Povilas Jonas Sapiega) (1609–1665) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic). Sapieha became a Hussar Rotmistrz in 1633, courtier in 1635, Obozny of Lithuania in 1638, Podstoli of Lithuania in 1645, voivode ...

* 1653–1654 Filip Obuchowicz

Tsardom of Russia

Voivodes of Smolensk

References

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

External links

Medieval Lands Project
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