Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Repnya-Obolensky (? - 1523 ) - boyar and governor in the service of the Moscow princes Ivan III and Vasily III , the founder of the princes Repniny-Obolensky . During the voivodship in Pskov in 1509 he received the nickname "Found."
| Ivan Mikhailovich Repnya Obolensky | |||||||
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| Death | 1523 | ||||||
| Father | Mikhail Ivanovich Obolensky | ||||||
| Children | Basil the Great , Peter , Basil the Little | ||||||
Biography
Ivan Repnya was the fourth of the five sons of Prince Mikhail Ivanovich Obolensky , the third son of Ivan Konstantinovich , the specific prince of Obolensky [1] .
In 1491, together with Prince Peter Nikitich Obolensky and Tsarevich Saltagan, he participated in a campaign of Russian troops sent to the aid of the Moscow ally, the Crimean Khan Mengli Gerai , against the forces of the Great Horde under the command of Sayyid-Ahmad and Sheikh-Ahmed . Upon learning that the Moscow army is located on the banks of the Donets , the Horde princes retreated.
In 1492, during the campaign of Ivan III against the Swedes, he was a nobleman, and then governor of a guard regiment .
In the years 1493-1494, the governor of the advanced regiment in the campaign against Vyazma. In 1494 he treated the ambassadors of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Alexander at a reception at Ivan III.
In 1496, the governor of the advanced regiment in a campaign against the Swedes.
In 1500, he participated in the marriage of Prince Vasily Danilovich Kholmsky with his daughter Ivan III. Voivode of the advanced regiment in the campaign near Putivl and Bryansk
In 1502, the governor of the left hand with an unsuccessful siege of Smolensk .
In 1506, the governor of the left hand on a campaign in Kazan .
In 1508, the voivode of the advanced regiment when marching to Dorogobuzh .
In 1509, the governor of the guard regiment. On the instructions of Vasily III, together with the Novgorod governors Daniil Shcheny and Grigory Fedorovich Davydov, he concluded a peace agreement in Novgorod with the Livonian ambassadors. From this year he becomes governor in Pskov instead of Prince Peter the Great. The Pskovs nicknamed him Found, since he did not enter the city in accordance with the customs, but was already discovered by them in his residence. The Pskovites had many complaints against Prince Repna and they complained to Vasily III at the end of 1509, but he arrested all the noble people of Pskov, presented it as a riot and took the opportunity to disperse the veche, expel the veche bell and eliminate the remnants of Pskov independence.
In 1511-1512 he was governor of the advanced regiment during the campaign of Vasily III to Smolensk.
In 1513 he received the boyar title. In the next campaign, Prince Vasily sent forward a large part of the army under Smolensk under the command of Repny and nothing but A. V. Saburov . In an open battle, the Smolensk army was defeated.
After 1513 and until his death in 1523 there is no information about him in the annals.
Notes
- ↑ Zimin A.A. The formation of the boyar aristocracy in Russia in the second half of the XV - the first third of the XVI century. - M .: Nauka , 1988 .-- S. 44–46. - 16,000 copies. - ISBN 5-02-009407-2 .
Family
Ivan Mikhailovich Repnya-Obolensky left behind four sons:
- Vasily Bolshoi Ivanovich Repnin (d. 1546), governor
- Pyotr Ivanovich Repnin (d. 1546 ), boyar and governor
- Vasily Menshoy Ivanovich Repnin (d. After 1537), governor
Literature
- Zimin A.A. The formation of the boyar aristocracy in Russia in the second half of the XV - the first third of the XVI century. - M .: Nauka , 1988 .-- 350 p. - 16,000 copies. - ISBN 5-02-009407-2 .
- Likhach E. Obolensky, Ivan Mikhailovich (Repnya) // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- Rudakov V.E. Repnins // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.