Prince of Murom

The Prince of Murom (Russian: князь муромский) was the title of the ruler of the Principality of Murom.^[1]

History

Gleb Vladimirovich, son of Vladimir the Great, ruled the principality in the early 11th century.^[2] Murom was part of the territory of the Principality of Chernigov in the late 11th century, controlled by the Sviatoslavichi, the descendants of Yaroslav the Wise; probably it was retained by Vsevolod Yaroslavich, even after this prince of Chernigov became the grand prince in 1076.^[3]

Oleg Sviatoslavich, a grandson of Yaroslav and the prince of Chernigov, ruled Murom through a posadnik in the early 1090s, and it was recognised as Oleg's sphere of influence at the Liubech Conference of 1097.^[4] Here Oleg's brother Davyd was made co-ruler of Chernigov, and Oleg's lands were parcelled out between Oleg, Davyd and their brother Yaroslav; the latter obtained Ryazan and Murom.^[5]

In 1392, Vasily I, the grand prince of Vladimir and Moscow, obtained a patent from Khan Tokhtamysh authorising the annexation of the Murom principality, along with those of Nizhny Novgorod and Gorodets.^[6]

List of princes

• 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 ru:Юрий Владимирович (князь муромский)
• 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

References

1. Feldbrugge, Ferdinand J. M. (20 October 2017). A History of Russian Law: From Ancient Times to the Council Code (Ulozhenie) of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich of 1649. BRILL. p. 31. ISBN 978-90-04-35214-8.
2. Franklin & Shepard, Emergence, p. 185.
3. Martin, Medieval Russia, p. 31.
4. Franklin & Shepard, Emergence, p. 185.
5. Dimnik, Dynasty of Chernigov, p. 12.
6. Martin, Medieval Russia, p. 228.

Bibliography

• 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)