Princes of Prozorov

Prozorovskii - Russian princely family, Rurik. Content [ remove ] 1 Origin 2 History 3 Description of the Coat of Arms 4 Notes 5 See also [ edit ] Origin

Comes from the princes of Yaroslavl, namely, the holy Prince David Fedorovich (died 1321), whose younger son, Michael , was a appanage Prince of Mologa.

The grandson of the last Prince Ivan, and was the ancestor of Prince Prozorovskiy who received the name from the center of their inheritance - rural Prozorovo. In 1492, Ivan was the second best regiment in the Voivod of Smolensk campaign, in 1495, 13 January, along with other nobles was sent to Vilnius to attend the marriage the daughter of Grand Duke Ivan III , Helena , with the Lithuanian Prince Alexander , and in 1496 participated in a campaign to Vyborg , in 1502 and 1503 respectively - in Livonia and in 1508 - at the Smolensk campaign.

Pedigrees give Ivan's two sons, George and Andrew, still feudal princes. Son of George and Theodore, considered the ancestor of the extinct Dukes Sudskih.

History
Coat family of princes Prozorovskii OG 01/11 Prince Semyon Vasilyevich Prozorovskii (died 1660 ) was lord the king Alexei Mikhailovich, one of his sons, Prince Ivan Semenovich , boyar and the first governor of Astrakhan , seriously wounded during the capture of the city Stenka Razin , was thrown from the tower at the command of Stepan Razin, and his young son was hanged by his feet on the city wall ( 1670 ), another son of Prince Semyon Vasilyevich, Peter the younger, was lord in the reign of Princess Sophia. Of the nine grandchildren of Prince Semyon Vasilyevich six were nobles, one of whom, Prince Peter Ivanovich, during the first visit of Peter the Great abroad was a member of the Board, to govern. Prince Ivan Andreevich (died 1786 ) was general-in-chief, Prince Alexander Alexandrovich (1733-1809) - Field Marshal. Varvara Ivanovna Prozorovskaya (1750-1806) became the wife of great Russian commander Alexander Suvorov. Rod Prince Prozorovskiy broke in 1870, but in 1854 the name was given to this prince Aleksandr Fyodorovich Golitsyn and his descendants, with the right to write-Prince Golitsyn Prozorovsky. Rod Prince Prozorovskiy included in the V part of the pedigree books provinces of Moscow and Tula ( Armorial, I, 11). [1]

Description of the coat of arms ==

In the shield, divided into four equal parts, in the middle of a small shield, which depicts a black bear standing on its hind legs and holding on their shoulders the golden ax. In the first part - the blue box angel in serebryanotkanoy dress, holding in his right hand a naked silver sword, and the left - a golden shield. In the second part - in a silver box crowned black snake with red wings. The third part - in a red field a silver bear. The fourth part - a silver field a black gun on the golden gun-carriage, and on the gun - bird of paradise. The shield is covered with a cloak and a hat belonging to the princely dignity. [2]