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The Principality of Suzdal, [a] from 1157 the Grand Principality of Vladimir, [b] also known as Vladimir-Suzdal, [c] or simply Suzdalia, [1] was a medieval principality that was established during the disintegration of Kievan Rus'.
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.
Nizhny Novgorod was the seat of the principality from 1350. The prince Dmitry of Suzdal obtained the yarlik (patent) for the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir from khan Nawruz Beg in 1360. [ 2 ]
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 or great prince (feminine: grand princess or great princess) (Latin: magnus princeps; Swedish: Storfurste; German: Großfürst; Greek: Μέγας Αρχών, romanized: Megas Archon; Russian: великий князь, romanized: velikiy knyaz) is a title of nobility ranked in honour below Emperor, equal to Archduke, King, Grand duke and Prince-Archbishop; above a Sovereign Prince ...
The grand principality of Vladimir-Suzdal fell apart into feuding appanages over the course of the 13th century. The princes of Moscow were descendants of Daniel. [4] As Daniel never became grand prince of Vladimir before he died in 1303, [5] this meant that according to traditional succession practices, his descendants were izgoi: his son and successor Yury of Moscow had no legitimate claim ...
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The Rostislavichi of Smolensk (junior Mstislavichi), the Yurievichi (controlling Suzdalia and Pereyaslavl), and the Olgovichi of Chernigov; led by Andrey Bogolyubsky of Vladimir-Suzdal and Rostov. [1] In 1168 grand prince Mstislav Iziaslavich of Kiev headed an anti-Polovtsian expedition, in which as many as thirteen princes took part. [citation ...