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From 1331, the prince of Moscow was also the grand prince of Vladimir, except for one brief interruption from 1359 to 1363, when the throne was held by Nizhny Novgorod. [10] In 1389, the grand principality became a family possession of the prince of Moscow and the two thrones were united. [11]
The entire principality was then overrun in 1242 by the Mongols under Batu Khan, founder of the Golden Horde. [citation needed] The state of Vladimir-Suzdal (formally the grand principality of Vladimir [7]) became dominant among the various petty northeastern Rus' principalities left after the dissolution of the Kievan Rus' state.
Following the Mongol invasions, three powerful states emerged: the Grand Principality of Vladimir in the north-east, which would evolve into the Grand Principality of Moscow and become the center of the autocratic Russian state; the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia in the south-west, which was later annexed by Poland and Lithuania; and the ...
Andrey II of Vladimir Prince of Suzdal (1256–1264) G. P. of Vladimir (1249–1252) Yaroslav of Tver Prince of Tver (1247–1271) G. P. of Vladimir (1263–1271) Daniel of Moscow Prince of Moscow (1283–1303) Daniilovichi progenitor: Konstantin of Suzdal Prince of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal (1341–1355) Mikhail of Tver Prince of Tver (1285–1318)
The khans therefore started awarding the grand princely title to Moscow's rivals; [20] in 1353, Konstantin Vasilyevich [ru; uk] of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal was given the title of grand prince of Vladimir, [21] and in 1371 it was Mikhail II of Tver. [21] But by that time it was too late for the Golden Horde to curb the rise of Muscovy. [22] Volga ...
Grand Prince (Velikiy knyaz), ruler of a grand principality; a title primarily used in the medieval Russian principalities and claimed by the most important ruling prince, e.g. the ruler of the Grand Principality of Vladimir; [34] It was also used by the Romanovs of the Russian Empire for members of the imperial family
The grand prince of Kiev, Rurik Rostislavich (Rurik II), forged a coalition of Rus' princes and attacked Galicia-Volhynia, but Roman defeated them and captured Kiev in 1200. [18] However, because the old capital of Kievan Rus' was no longer a strong power centre by that time, Roman kept the prosperous Halych as his capital and appointed ...
Before his death, grand prince Vsevolod divided his territories between his sons, with the second-oldest Yuri receiving the largest share. [1] Four of them, Konstantin, George, Yaroslav and Sviatoslav, succeeded him as Grand Dukes of Vladimir. [citation needed] Vsevolod died on 12 April 1212 and was buried at the Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir.