Principality of Busk

The Principality of Busk (Бужское княжество) is the western Russian principality, which was formed in the early 11th century around the city of Busk in the upper reaches of the Western Bug River.

The first prince was David Igorevich (1055-1112), who at the Council of Uvetichi was deprived of the Principality of Volhynia. In addition to Busk, he also received the cities [Dubno, Chertorysk and Dorogobuzh. After his death, Buzhsky destiny for a short interval (until 1119) the Principality of Busk did not have a prince, but its strategic location caused rivalry between the Rurikovich form Kiev, Volhynia and Halych.

In the 1160's, the prince of Busk was Yaropolk Izyaslavich, who took an active part in princely internecine strife. After his death (1168), the territory of the Principality of Busk became part of the Principality of Belz.

List of rulers:

{| class="wikitable" ! colspan=2|Ruler!!Native name||Born!!Reign!!Death!!Consort!!Notes }}
 * - bgcolor=#cccccc
 * David Igorevich||||||||1097-1115||||||
 * Mechislav Davydovich||||||||1115-1127||||||
 * Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich||||||||1097-1115||||||
 * Vladimir Volodarevich||||||||1115-1127||||||
 * Yaropolk Izyaslavich||||||||1115-1127||||||
 * Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich||||||||1097-1115||||||
 * Vladimir Volodarevich||||||||1115-1127||||||
 * Yaropolk Izyaslavich||||||||1115-1127||||||
 * Yaropolk Izyaslavich||||||||1115-1127||||||
 * Yaropolk Izyaslavich||||||||1115-1127||||||

1100-1112 years - David Igorevich 1119-1120 - Mechislav Davydovich 1146 - Svyatoslav III Vsevolodovich of Kiev (c1123-1194) 1151-1153 -Vladimir Volodarevich of Zvenigorod (1104-1153) 1157-1168 - Yaropolk Izyaslavich of Shumsk (c1134-1168)