Principality of Mologa

Mologa (Mologa) principality - Russian principalities in the river Mologa that existed in the XIV-XV centuries.A large part of its territory is now flooded the Rybinsk reservoir. Content [ remove ] 1 History 2 The descendants of princes Mologa 3 Seealso 4 Notes 5 References [ edit ] History

After the death of Prince Yaroslav David in 1321, his sons, Basil and Michael , shared the Yaroslavl principality: Basil, the elder, inherited the Yaroslavl , and Michael got a lot of rivers Mologa to Ustyuzhna inclusive and the Volga River from the White Yuga to the river Yuhoti [1] and settled, probably, where, as I thought Trinity [2] , was a city Mologa .This assumption, he founded the local tradition, testifying that Prince Michael, going on a lot, brought it as a blessing from his father, an icon of Tikhvin , which was the main shrine Mologa Afanasevskago monastery .In addition, the inheritance Mologa place where the Mologa, the best of waterways; and the city is mainly based mainly at the mouths of rivers. In 1362, Prince Michael Davidovich, who, like his successors possessed (though with a certain subordination of the princes of Yaroslavl) to Ivan III (1471) and belong to the city Mologa to it lands on the right of the specific ruling princes, went along with the Grand Duke Dimitri Ivanovich, to pay homage to Khan Amurat to the Horde [3] , and this trip was in those days, a sign of some kind of autonomy ezdivshego prince.When Prince Michael, 50 km from the mouth of the river in Mologa Kholopov town there was an international fair with barter.Time the death of Prince Michael (roughly around 1375) is not known, we know only that he left three sons - Theodore, John and Leo. Principality Mologa succeeded after Michael, without all the section of his eldest son, Theodore ; brothers as it is unknown why, do not have appendages.Prince Theodore, as well as many other contemporary princes, was already, as stated then, "one man" with the Grand Prince of Moscow, what was then Dmitri Ivanovich Donskoy.In fact, the subordination Mologa Moscow expressed in participating in the war Fedor (1375) Dmitry Donskoy against Tver, which was Prince Mikhail Alexandrovich .However, after 26 years, Prince Mikhail of Tver became related in 1397 by Prince Mologa, marrying her grandson, Prince Alexander Ivanovich , the daughter of Prince Theodore Mologa. [4] As a citizen of the Grand Duke of Moscow, Mologa prince was with his army, in 1380 year, and in the famous Battle of Kulikov, being on the right wing of the Russian army, and in 1386 he took part in the campaign against the rebellious Novgorod .Fyodor died in 1408, having before his death, according to the custom of the time, the monastic rank with the name of Theodoret, was buried in the cathedral church Mologa. Upon the death of Fyodor Mikhailovich lot Mologa divided by the number of sons, in three parts.Ivan became the prince of Prozorovsky (ownership along the river Redme the center of the village Prozorovo ) Semen - Prince Sitsko (portion of the river Sit ), the title is Prince Mologa was the eldest of the brothers, Dmitri Perina, who was succeeded by his son Peter , born by the third lap broke off completely. [ edit ] Descendants Mologa princes

Mologa beginning of XIV century icon Some of the direct descendants of princes Mologa left a big mark in history and a good memory, are princes Prozorovskii, Sitsko , tubs. Of infants relative Mologa Prince Michael Davidovich was going the next generation, because of Ivan Mikhailovich occurred princes Golygino, tubs , Shamin and Shumorovskie , and from Leon Mikhailovich - the princes Dulov .On the last ancestor - Prince Leo survived, as evidenced by Trinity [5] , note that his son, Prince.Andrew, not having a share in ancestral inheritance, left the area and settled in Tver .In addition to the princes Shumorovskih, whose patrimony was on the river Shumore , a tributary of the Volga River Mologa slightly higher, where there was a village Shumorovo , almost all referred to the princes had no estates, which can be seen, as the Trinity, most of them the nickname, which is clearly not patrimonial, and personal.Their generations long since faded. Semen Fedorovich, son Fyodor, the first specific prince Sitsko, known only from pedigrees, to whom he had two sons, Boris childless, who fell in battle in 1445 with the Kazan Tatars in Suzdal Saviour Monastery Evfimevom , and Peter, from whom the seed Princes Sitsko .Great-grandson of Peter, Prince Vasili Andreevich, lord and governor (who died in 1578, under the walls of Wenden ), was married to Anna Romanovna St George-Zakharina, sister of Queen Anastasia Romanovna.