The Mezetskoye (Meshchovskoye) principality is the Russian specific principality in the upper reaches of the Oka River (end of the 14th century - 1504 ). It was formed between 1392 and 1408. Part of the possessions granted the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas . The center of the principality is the city of Mezetsk (Meshchovsk) .
| Historical state | |
| Principality of Mezetsk | |
|---|---|
←  second half of the 14th century - 1504 | |
| Capital | Mezetsk |
| Religion | Orthodoxy |
| Form of government | monarchy |
| Dynasty | Rurikovich |
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History
The Mezetsk Principality, like most of the neighboring Verkhov principalities , recognized the supreme power of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania .
The first prince Mezetskiy is considered to be Andrei Vsevolodovich Shutiha , son of the Tarusian prince Vsevolod Vsevolodovich Orekhva. In 1424, by order of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas, brothers Andrei Shutiha, Prince of Mezetsky, and Dmitry Shutiha, princes of Tarusa, together with other Lithuanian border princes, participated in a successful campaign against the Tatars near Odoev.
Andrei Vsevolodovich Mezetskiy had five sons (Alexander, Fedor, Roman, Ivan and Vasily Blind) and three daughters (Maria, Aksinia and Evdokia). The eldest son Alexander, who became the ancestor of the princes Baryatinsky , died during the life of his father, and his children Gregory, Dmitry, Fedor and Leo took possession of the Baryatin volost.
After the death of Andrei Shutikhi, his younger sons Fedor, Roman and Ivan Andreevich shared the Principality of Mezetsk, each of the brothers owned a third (part) of the fatherly principality. Fyodor Andreevich Mezetskiy (d. Before 1484 ) left behind five sons (Mikhail, Fyodor Sukhoi, Peter, Vasily Kukubyaka and Ivan Govdyrevsky). Roman Andreevich Mezetskiy (d. Before 1484 ) had two sons: Mikhail and Semyon. Ivan Andreevich Mezetskiy died without leaving behind children. A third of the childless Ivan Andreevich was acquired by his nephew Peter Fedorovich Mezetskiy.
In 1484, Mezetsk was jointly owned by five princes: Fedor Fedorovich Sukhoi, Vasily Fedorovich Kukubyaki, Mikhail Romanovich and sons of Ivan Govdyrevsky (Vasily and Roman).
In 1492, Prince Mikhail Romanovich Mezetsky, with his inheritance, transferred from Lithuania to serve in the service of Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan III Vasilyevich . Mikhail Romanovich, having entered the Moscow service, captured and delivered to Moscow his sibling Semyon and cousin Peter Fedorovich, capturing their “dolnitsy”.
In 1494, under the treaty "on eternal peace" concluded in Moscow between the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Mezetsk princes were granted the right to serve whomever they wanted. In the Lithuanian service, Princes Mikhail, Peter, Vasily Kukubyaka, and Fyodor Sukhoi, Fedorovich Mezetskiy remained, and princes Mikhail and Semyon Romanovich Mezetskiy, Vasily and Fedor Ivanovich Govdyrevsky went to Moscow citizenship.
In 1498, princes Mikhail and Peter Fedorovich Mezetskiy died without leaving offspring. Fyodor Fyodorovich Sukhoi had one son, Ivan, and Vasily Fyodorovich Kukubyaki, Ivan and Mikhail.
In 1503, after the second Russo-Lithuanian war of 1500 - 1503, the Principality of Mezetsk became a part of the Moscow state. The Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan III Vasilyevich in 1504 exchanged their possessions from the Mezetsk princes for the lands of Vladimir Uyezd - Aleksin and Starodub-Ryapolovsky.
Territory
On a modern map, the Mezetsk Principality of the mid-15th century looks like this:
- Meshchovsky District (Kaluga Region) - Mezetsk ( Meshchovsk ), Boryatin
- Baryatinsky district - Silkovichi, New Village
- Sukhinichi district - villages of Uruga, Nemerzki, Bryn , Sukhinichi , Sokulin, Alner
- Duminichi district - villages Usty , Dubrovka , Kotor
- Kozelsky district - Khoscy, Oren
- Belevsky district of the Tula region - Lobodin, Zhabyn, Bakino.
Where the city of Govdyrev (Ogdyrev, Akdyrev) was located is not known.
Princes
- Perhaps the first prince of the Principality of Mezets (at the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century) was Vsevolod of Tarusa, the father of the aforementioned Andrei and Dmitry
- Andrei Vsevolodovich Joker (d. Approx. 1443)
- Dmitry Vsevolodovich Joker (d. 1449/1450)
- Fedor Andreyevich 1443
- Roman Andreevich mentioned 1443, mind. 1483
- Ivan Andreevich - mentioned 1443, childless, in 1494 sold his third of Meshchovsk to his nephew Pyotr Fedorovich
- Fedor Fedorovich Sukhoi 1484
- Vasily Fedorovich Kukubyaka mentioned. 1484
- Peter Fedorovich - Mikhail Romanovich took his possessions in 1494
- Ivan Fedorovich Govdyrevsky mind. until 1484
- Mikhail Romanovich 1484, from 1494 with his brother completely owned the city of Meshchovsky, in 1504 ceded his possessions to Ivan III
- Semyon Romanovich
- Vasily Ivanovich Govdyrevsky 1494
- Fedor Ivanovich Govdyrevsky 1494
See also
- Mezetskie
Literature
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- Bespalov R. A. Hypothesis on the emergence of the term “Verkhovskiy Riches” in Moscow-Lithuanian diplomacy // Ancient Russia. Questions of Medieval Studies. M .: "Indrik", 2017. No. 4 (70). S. 42-52.
- Bespalov R. A. The original patrimony of the princes Ogdyrevsky and Mezetskys (according to published sources) // City of the Middle Ages and early New Time II (V): archeology, history. Materials of the V All-Russian seminar. November 2013 / Ed. I. G. Burtseva. Tula: State. Museum-Reserve “Kulikovo Field”, 2016. - S. 139–161.