Principality of Zvenigorod (Moscow)

The Uspensky Cathedral in Gorodok (about 1399) is the main temple of the principality Zvenigorod specific principality is a principality centered in Zvenigorod, which existed intermittently from the first half of the 14th century to the end of the 15th century.

His first prince was Ivan the Red (son of Ivan Kalita ), who, becoming in 1353 Grand Duke, attached him to Moscow. The second prince was Ivan, the son of Ivan the Red, from 1359 to 1364. In 1364 Zvenigorod destiny as the escheat again joined to Moscow.

According to the spiritual testament of Dmitry Donskoy ( 1389 ) Zvenigorodsky inherited his son, Yuri Dmitrievich, who became the third prince of the inheritance. Yury followed Vasily Kosoy, then Vasily Yaroslavovich , who received Zvenigorodsky's lot from the Grand Duke in exchange for Dmitrov for only 5 years.

After six years of belonging to Moscow, Zvenigorod is again given in the form of an estate to Andrei Vasilyevich Bolshoi, who was his last special prince ( 1462 - 1492 ) [1].

See also Zvenigorodsky town is a princely residence Notes Russian nobility - Principality - Principality of Zvenigorod // rusgenealog.ru. Reference Rudakov V. Ye. Zvenigorod specific principality // Encyclopaedic dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 ext.). - St. Petersburg. , 1890-1907.