Princes of Novgorod-Seversky

Prince of Novgorod-Seversky was the kniaz, the ruler or sub-ruler, of the Principality of Novgorod-Seversky. It may have been created in 1139, the date of one modern authority, and is most famous for Igor Svyatoslavich, hero of the Old Russian Tale of Igor's Campaign.

List of princes of Novgorod-Seversky
Vladimir I. ( 1198 - 1206 ), son of Prince Igor's. Oleg Igorevich ( 1206 -). Izyaslav Vladimirovich (- 1239 ) - the son of Vladimir Igorevich. On the contrary, according to the version of L.Voytovich [4], Oleg Svyatoslavich reigned in Chernigov (and Igor Svyatoslavich in Novgorod-Seversky) in 1178 - 1180 , and since Igor Svyatoslavich's transition to Chernigov in 1198 in Novgorod-Seversky began to rule one after another descendants of Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich:

Oleg Svyatoslavich ( 1198 - 1202 ). Vsevolod IV of Kiev ( 1202 - 1204 ). Gleb Svyatoslavich ( 1204 - 1212 ). Mstislav Glebovich ( 1212 - 1239 ) Andrei Mstislavich ( 1239 - 1245 ) - the son of Mstislav Glebovich, was killed by the Mongols. According to the version of Zotov RV [5], the Novgorod Prince of Novgorod after Vladimir Igorevich (1206) was Rurik Olgovich (in baptism Constantine , died between 1210 and 1215 ), grandson of Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich. Subsequently, during the transitions of Vsevolod Chermny to Kiev reign, Rurik switched to Chernigov.

Lithuanian period Dmitry Olgerdovich ( 1362 - 1379 ). Dmitri-Koribut Olgerdovich ( 1380 - 1393 or 1401 ). Fedor Lyubartovich ( 1394 - 1405 ). Shemyakin, Ivan Dmitrievich ( 1454- after 1471 ), the son of Dmitry Shemyaki, who fled Moscow Shemyakin, Vasily Ivanovich in 1500, together with the principality, became a citizen of the Moscow Prince Ivan III , he was repressed in 1523 , after which the principality lost its independence.

In the aftermath of the Mongol invasions, it fell under the control of Briansk. The principality was taken over by the Lithuanians in the fourteenth-century when the power of the Golden Horde began to decline. In the fifteenth-century the principallty was given to Prince Ivan of Mozhaisk when he fled from Grand Prince Vasily II.


 * Under Lithuanian overlordship


 * Ivan Dmitrievich of Mozhaisk, d. 1471 x 1485
 * Semen Ivanovich, d. x 1500
 * Vasily Ivanovich, d. 1519

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 * Medieval lands - Russia