Voeikovs

In 1384, a noble stranger Voeiko, Voytyagov, son, ruler of Ternovsky, went from Prussia to Moscow to Grand Duke Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy and 150 people came with him. He adopted the holy Christian faith with the name Procopius. The rite was performed in the Miracle Monastery by Metropolitan Cyprian and the holy miracle worker Sergius of Radonezh . The Grand Duke granted him the city of Dmitrov, and under the Grand Duke Vasily Dmitrievich he was a boyar ^[1] .

In 1573, the guardsmen of Ivan the Terrible were: Matvey, Fyodor, Baim and Ivan Vasilievich, Ivan and Bogdan Borisovichi, Pyotr and Tenth Ten Mamyshevs, Fedor Bulgakov, Danila, Zvyaga Timofeevich, Ignatius, Dmitry and Afanasy Zvyaginov, Ivanov, Semyon Andreiovich, Tretyakov, Ivanov, Oleg Tretyakov, Ivanov Tretyakov, Oleg Athanasius and Senka Ivanov and Uchish Zlobin Voyeykov ^[2] .

His ancestor , Voyeiko Voytyagovich , left, according to a pedigree tale, not worthy of attention, from Prussia to Dimitri Donskoy . His seventh generation descendant, Grigory Prokofievich , had 4 sons, from whom four of the now existing branches of the Voeikov clan descend.

Of the members of the first branch, several people were governors in the XVII century .; the writer Aleksandr Fedorovich and Aleksandr Ivanovich Voyeykov, gen. Aleksei Vasilievich and Nikolai Vasilievich Voeikov (1832–1898), adjutant general, assistant commander of the Imperial headquarters. It is included in the VI part of the genealogy book of Vladimir, Kaluga ^[3] , Kursk, Moscow, Oryol, Ryazan, Petersburg, Tambov and Tula lips.

From the second branch came Vasily Semenovich , the siege governor in Novosil ( 1563 ), who had sons:

1. Ivan , nicknamed Guba, a member of the Livonian campaigns, the governor in Velikiye Luki;
2. Ivan Menshiy ;
3. Efim , nicknamed Baim, former governor of Tula ( 1684 ) and ambassador to Poland . His son was the voivode Dimitry Efimovich Voeykov;
4. Matvey , governor in Toropets and Sebezh; Of his sons, Andrei is a well-known governor, and Sergius , a monk of Serapion , distinguished himself in defending the Sergius Monastery from the Poles.
5. Grigory Vasilyevich , the former governor in Tetyushi ( 1600 ).

Prokhor-Bogdan Borisovich was ambassador to Poland ( 1583 ) and governor in Vologda . Many other members of this branch were governors in the 17th century ; Sila Romanovich belongs to her ^[4] . It is included in the VI and II parts of the genealogy book of the Vladimir, Vologda and Kaluga provinces.

The third branch includes Ivan Evstratievich , a participant in the Moscow siege seat ( 1608 ), and Ilya Ivanovich , who was killed in 1634 near Smolensk. This branch is included in the VI and II parts of the genealogy of the Kursk, Moscow, Smolensk, Tver and Chernihiv provinces.

From the fourth branch there are: Alexei Ivanovich , the voivode in Putivl ( 1602 ); Artemy Ignatievich , participant in the Moscow siege seat ( 1608 ); a few more governors of the XVII century and Ivan Grigorievich , among the monks of Yuvenaly ( 1729 - 1805 ), hegumen of the Vologda Corniglia Monastery, author of several genealogical studies. This branch is included in the VI, II and III parts of the genealogy book of Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Tver and Yaroslavl provinces.

In addition to the ancient family of Voeikovs, there are four more clans of this name, which received the nobility by rank and entered in the second and third parts of the genealogy of the Kaluga, Oryol, Simbirsk and Smolensk provinces.

When submitting documents on March 17, 1686, for the introduction of the genus in the Velvet Book , the genealogical painting of the Voeikovs was provided ^[5] .

• Voeikov Andrey - voivode in Novgorod-Seversky (1602).
• Voeikov Ivan Borisovich - voivode on Beloozero (1608).
• Voeikov Peter Ivanovich - governor in Bryansk (1614-1615).
• Voeikov Prokofy Semenovich - voivode in Rylsk (1614), in Novosil (1617-1619), in Voronezh (1622-1624), in Sevsk (1627).
• Voeikov Bogdan Borisovich - governor on the Dvina (1617-1619), in Yaroslavl (1622-1625).
• Voeikov Bogdan Ivanovich - voivode in Ustyug the Great (1624).
• Voeikov Ivan Prokhorovich - voivode in Nizhny Novgorod in 1630-1632
• Voyeikov Semyon Ivanovich - governor in Tomsk (1631-1632), in Samara (1636-1637), in Vyazma (1644-1646).
• Voeikov Dmitry Efimovich - governor in Pskov in 1632-1635
• Voeykov NN - voivode in Vologda in 1634
• Voeikov Andrey Stepanovich - voivode in Surgut in 1639
• Voeykov Nikita Prokofievich - governor in Koroch in 1646-1647
• Voeikov Andrey Fedorovich - voivode in Mosalsk in 1647-1649, in Albazin in 1682
• Voeikov Vladimir Ivanovich - voivode in Novosil in 1648
• Voeikov Ivan Fedorovich - governor in Voloka-Lamsky in 1651-1653
• Voeikov Mikhail Petrovich - voivode in Mogilev in 1654-1655
• Voeikov Nikita Mikhailovich - governor in Livny in 1654
• Voeykov Nikita Grigoryevich - governor in Mozhaysk in 1664-1671
• Voyeykov Vasily - voivode in Tver in 1668
• Voeikov Fedor Timofeevich - a tenant, governor of Luha in 1678
• Voeikov Fedor Dementievich - steward, governor in Nerchinsk in 1680-1684
• Voeikov Grigory Timofeevich - governor in Meshchovsk in 1684-1686
• Voeikov Mikhail Romanovich - steward, governor in Chevrolet and Mezen in 1688
• Voeikov Lev Yurievich - voivode in Pronsk in 1698 ^[6] .

• Voeikov, Alexander :

• Voeikov, Alexey :

• Voeikov, Andrei Matveevich - governor who defeated Kuchum Khan in the Irmen battle.
• Voeikov, Vasily :

• Voeikov, Vladimir :

• Voeikov, Ivan :

• Voeikov, Nikolai :

• Voeikov, Platon Aleksandrovich (1828-1855) - the hero of the Crimean War.
• Voeikov, Sergey Valerianovich (1861 — after 1937) - Russian publicist and right-wing politician. Member of the State Duma from the Tambov province.
• Voeikov, Fedor Matveevich (1703-1778) - Russian diplomat and statesman, governor of East Prussia, Kiev and Novorossiysk provinces.

Coat of arms of Voeikovs 1785

In the Herbovnik of Anisim Titovich Knyazev of 1785, there is an image of two seals with the arms of representatives of the Voeikov clan:

The coat of arms of Matvey Petrovich and Vasily Yakovlevich Voyeykov is completely identical to each other: the silver field of the shield, which has an oval shape and a gold border, is divided into four parts by a golden crosshair. In the first and fourth parts two snakes are depicted, one against the other, and in the second and third parts galloping white deer with horns, muzzle facing each other. The shield is located on the princely mantle and is crowned with an ordinary noble helmet ^[7] .

Coat of arms. Part II No. 50.

The shield is divided into four parts, of which, in the first in the green field, two silver Serpents placed one against the other, are marked on the right side without wings, and on the left with wings and over their heads the noble Crown is visible; in the fourth part in a golden field two Serpents of a natural color and the Crown above them are depicted in the same way; in the second and third parts in a silver field there are two Deer of natural color with gold at one of them located in the upper part on the crown of the Crown.

The shield is crowned with a noble helmet and crown. Crest : three ostrich feathers. The mark on the shield on the right is green with gold, and with silver on the left is green. The coat of arms of the Voeikov clan is included in Part 2 of the General Herbarium of the noble clans of the All-Russian Empire, p. 50 .

• Dolgorukov P.V. Russian genealogy book . - SPb. : Type. 3 Sep. Own. E.I.V. Chancellery, 1857. - T. 4. - S. 335.
• Voeikovs // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1892. - T. VIa. - S. 832-833.
• History of the Ryazan Territory: Voeikovs (Neopr.) . Date of treatment June 17, 2013. Archived October 23, 2012.