Prince of Beloozero

The Prince of Beloozero was the "kniaz", the ruler or sub-ruler, of the Principality of Beloozero, a lordship which lasted over two centuries in the north of what is now European Russia. Before 1238, it formed part of the principality of Rostov, which also included the lands around Iaroslavl', Uglich and Ustiug. [Martin, "Medieval Russia", pp. 161-2.] It was detachted from Rostov in 1238 when, following the death of Vasily Konstantinovich, Prince of Rostov, his younger son Gleb Vasil'kovich took Beloozero while his older son Boris Vasil'kovich became his successor at Rostov. [Martin, "Medieval Russia", p. 161.]

List of princes of Beloozero

* Gleb Vasil'kovich, 1238-1278 :"Between death of Gleb and 1302, under rule of Dmitry Borisovich, Prince of Rostov
* Mikhail Glebovich, 1278-1293
* Fedor Mikhailovich, 1293-1314
* Roman Mikhailovich, 1314-1339
* Ivan Kalita, 1328-1338, who had purchased the principality. [Martin, "Medieval Russia", p. 188. ]
* Fedor Romanovich, 1339-1380 (died at Kulikovo)
* Iurii Vasil'evich (grandson of Roman), after 1380

Came into the hands of the ruler of Moscow, the Grand Prince of Vladimir Dmitry Donskoi, whose son Andrei, and his son Mikhail, became nominal princes until its final annexation into the Muscovite state in 1485.

Notes

References

* Martin, Janet, "Medieval Russia, 980-1584", (Cambridge, 1995)

External links

* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/RUSSIA,%20Rurik.htm#_Toc111997339 Foundation for medieval genealogy]