Prince Andrei Ivanovich Kropotkin - governor in the service of Moscow Prince Vasily III and Tsar Ivan the Terrible .
Origin and family
The prince from the Kropotkin family, from the family of the Smolensky princes - Rurikovich in the 20th knee, the youngest of the two sons of Ivan Dmitrievich Kropotkin and the grandson of Dmitry Vasilyevich Smolensky, nicknamed Kropotka . He had seven sons Yuri, Semyon, Peter, Vasily Kosy, Andrei, Ivan and Nikita.
Service
In 1524 he was sent near Kazan with a horse army, as the second governor of the left-hand regiment. In June 1566 he participated in the Zemsky Sobor and signed under a letter refusing to conclude a peace treaty with Poland.
Literature
- Boguslavsky V.V. Slavic Encyclopedia. Kievan Rus - Muscovy: in 2 t. - M.: Olma-Press, 2005.