biographies of dynasty of Narimantas
M Sjostrom
descendants.
drafts of biographies of prominent such.....
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duke Narimantas Gediminaitis 'Gleb' of Lithuania, Grand Duke of Veliki
Novgorod b. bef 1300 d. 2 Feb 1348
Narimantas (baptized Gleb), was born just before 1300 (this dating according
to Wasilewski 1992), and was slain on 2 February 1348. He was the
second-eldest son of king Gediminas, the sovereign ruler over great
Lithuania and Belarusia.
Narimantas took baptism in or before 1333 (according to Almagro 1843, at
Moscow, but according to some other sources, at Veliki Novgorod itself).
Almagro places the Tatar captivity and Moscow baptism of Narimantas before
other prominent events of his life, so presumably in 1320s.
The baptism made Narimantas ineligible to succeed his father as ruler of
Lithuanians, despite his primogeniture right, as the Lithuanian high ruler
was yet in those decades required to be leader of their indigeneous
religion, and servant of the fire god.
According to tale, Narimantas' father, king Gediminas, had taken the
archbishop of Veliki Novgorod as captive in c1331. To release him, the king
required that Novgorod would grant substantial fiefs to Narimantas (who
possibly was already baptized at that time). In near years Narimantas
received this promised grant (Ikonnikov). In 1333 Narimantas is attested as
holding them.
During various periods of his life, Narimantas held Pinsk and Polatsk in
Belarusia. From 1333 he was invited by Veliki Novgorod's authorities to rule
and protect territories in the north, holding all the important fortresses
of the Vadja land: Aldeigjuborg (Laatonkankaupunki) in Ladoga, Pähkinälinna
(Orekhov, Oreshek) in Ingria, Käkisalmi (Korela fortress) in Karelia, as
well as Kaprio (in western Ingria).
Narimantas started the tradition of Lithuanian mercenary service in the
north, in service of Veliki Novgorod, on the Swedish border. That tradition
continued in various forms until Novgorod's fall to Moscow in 1477/1478.
According to Almagro 1843, Narimantas was chosen as head of the state of
Veliki Novgorod. Its reigning prince.
Duke Narimantas had appointed a Finnish warrior, Vasilei valittu ('valit'
the Karelian), as his captain in the fortress of Korela in the Karelian town
of Käkisalmi. In 1337, the dissatisfaction of Karelians in the nearby Finnic
territories had turned to open revolt. The Chronicle of Sofia narrates that
in early 1337, a troop of Swedes arrived in front of Käkisalmi to support
the Karelians, and the captain Vasilei decided to join his compatriots.
However, Veliki Novgorod sent a reconquest troop who started to besiege
Käkisalmi from 3 July 1337. Captain Vasilei changed sides again, this time
in favor of Novgorod.
Possibly about 1338 (but, cf the implied alternative dating from Almagro
1843), Golden Horde took Narimantas as prisoner. The Muscovite ruler, Ivan
Kalita, ransomed him from Tatars, keeping him as hostage in Moscow for a few
years. See also Almagro 1843.
After the death of their father Gediminas in 1341, duke Narimantas supported
his younger brother Jaunutis - who was within a few years deposed by their
brothers Algirdas and Kestutis. In order to avoid getting killed by his
younger brothers, Narimantas escaped Vilnius in autumn 1344. He traveled to
Jani Beg, Khan of the Golden Horde, asking for support against king
Algirdas. After his return, Narimantas reconciled with his brother Algirdas.
In 1347, the Swedes conquered one of fortresses of Narimantas, Pähkinälinna
in Ingria, on the spot where the river Neva starts from the lake Ladoga
(Ikonnikov).
Duke Narimantas was killed in the battle of Strėva against the Teutonic
Knights on 2 February 1348. His descendants include dukes bynamed/surnamed
such as Patrikaite, Koretski, Bulgakov, Galitsin, Kurakin, and Khovanski.
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duke Patrikas of Karelia, castellan of Korela, Kaprio etc, prince of Vadja
land, lord of Käkisalmi, Pähkinälinna, Laatokka, Russa, etc; and possibly
duke of Starodub in Siveria and of Zvenyhorod. born est 1340s, died after
1408.
In c1383, duke Patrikas Narimantaitis claimed in Veliki Novgorod
inheritances of his father, duke Narimantas. He was ceded (in or before
1384, Ikonnikov) the fiefs of Käkisalmi (Korela fortress), Pähkinälinna and
Kaprio - in practical terms, the land of Vadja and its important fortresses.
Later he received Staraja Russa and Laatokankaupunki (staraja Ladoga), in
c1385 in exchange to the towns near Korela and Pähkinälinna (according to
Chronicle of Novgorod).
In 1386, duke Patrikas defended Veliki Novgorod and its territories against
the onslaught of Dimitri Donskoi, ruler of Moscow (Ikonnikov).
In 1396 attested still in Veliki Novgorod (Ikonnikov).
In 1408, the elderly duke Patrikas -accompanied by his younger sons, Jyrki
(Juri) of Korela and Teuvo (Feudor) of Korela- was ceremoniously welcomed in
Moscow by its ruler Vasili I (himself son of Dimitri Donskoi).
duke Patrikas' descendants actually held, during several generations
afterwards, estates in the Finnic land of Vadja ('Votya zemlja') of Veliki
Novgorod and in region of Pihkova, and in almost all generations at least
someone of them held high offices in the republics of Pihkova or of Veliki
Novgorod (cf Ikonnikov).
Duke Patrikas' wife was named Helena (see ES by Schwennicke; Ikonnikov).
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prince Aleksanteri Patrikanpoika of Korela and Zvenyhorod, duke of Koretsk
in Volynian region and Starodub in Siveria
born before est 1370; died after c1407 (was dead probably before 1420)
is in genealogies presented as eldest son of duke Patrikas from Karelia and
his wife Helena.
duke Aleksanteri settled to Ruthenia (= Belarusia-Ukraine) and was seemingly
mentioned in: 1388, 1397, 1399, 1400, 1401, 1407
Already seemingly in lifetime of his father, duke Patrikas, Aleksanteri was
apparently holding the family interests in Belarusia, as he was in 1399 a
witness of the treaty between Polish Crown and Teutonic Order (see Raczynski
Codex dipl.Lithuaniae, page 256). It is presumed that his father Patrikas
sojourned in Finnic Karelia, in the other patrimony of the family.
In year 1400 duke Aleksanteri swore allegiance to the Crown of Poland. The
next year (1402//01) he took active part in the battle of Liubech against
prince Radoslav/Rostislav Olgovich from Riazan.
Duke Aleksanteri appears relatively consistently as ally of Vytautas the
great, ruler of Lithuania.
Sometime in early 1400s, he gave his daughter Agrafena to marriage with
prince Andrei Dimitrievich, a younger brother of Vasili I, the ruler of
Moscow.
Duke Aleksanteri apparently held Korets (which was to become his male-line
progeny's appanage) since or after 1407. A previous holder of Korets appears
to have been the Rurikid princeling Fedar Danilavich ('Fedko', 'Frederic')
of Astrazh, a known opponent against Vytautas the great.
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M Sjostrom
descendants.
here drafts of biographies of Narimantas' grandsons in eastern Finland:
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duke Jyrki Patrikanpoika, Juri, of Korela, co-heir of Vatja lands (born est
1380; died before 1457, after 1445; mentioned 1408) was born of that
gediminid lineage who for generations held extensive properties and
fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of the late-medieval state of
Veliki Novgorod.
prince Jyrki was first mentioned in 1408 as accompanying his father, the
duke Patrikas, castellan of Kaprio, Käkisalmi etc, to Moscow where the ruler
Vasili I, sovereign over Moscow, Vladimir and Novgorod, jubilantly welcomed
them.
Presumably soon after they arrived to Moscow, this duke Jyrki (Juri) of
Vadja lands married Anna Dmitrievna, sister of the high ruler Vasili I.
The ruler of Moscow was at the time usually technically the head of the
state of Veliki Novgorod and the head of the state of the republic of
Pihkova. However his power in those was far from absolute or even
controlling. Rather, his role was more like a hired military defender of
their territories - or so the republics often saw it. Rulers of Moscow
usually built up political fractions in those states to support their
interests. It is probably this context which explains some of the
newly-established alliance of the rulers of Moscow between the magnate
Patrikas and his family who held many lands in territory of Novgorod.
In 1423 duke Jyrki is attested as boyar of Moscow.
At an occasion, Vasili I proclaimed that his brother-in-law, this duke
Jyrki, was of noblest birth of all boyars of Russia. This pronouncement has
been explained by later genealogists by reconstructions where duke Patrikas'
mother would have been a despoina khatun from Taurikania, a descendant of
Palaiologos-Komnenos-Doukas-Skleros-Phokas emperors of the Roman East (heads
of orthodox christendom) and descendant of conquering khans Tshingis, Tolui
and Batu. Because the great dukes of Moscow surely did not mean a regular
rurikid or gediminid descent by that quality, since those were plentifully
in roots of several other boyars of the time too.
In 1437, duke Jyrki was attested in Veliki Novgorod, his home country. In
1439, he governed Moscow in absence of the ruler, his wife's nephew the
young Vasili II.
Ikonnikov mentions that duke Jyrki died after 1445 and before 1457. [There
are genealogies which claim he deceased in the year 1455 and other
genealogies which claim he deceased in year 1447 - I have not seen any
testimony to support either of those precise years of death.]
Duke Jyrki had two attested (and relatively prominent) sons:
prince Vasilei Jurinpoika (born in est 1410s; died in January 1450, about
the aspect of 'predecease father': we do not know whether his father was
dead or alive at that time) who deceased relatively young and had reached
the position of a boyar of Moscow
prince Iivana Jurinpoika 'gvozdi' (born in est 1420s; mentioned in 1455;
died in or after 1499), prominent politician, worth his own biography;
boyar, voivode of Moscow itself, and controlled the muscovite Duma in the
1490s
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duke Teuvo Patrikanpoika of Korela (Feudor), co-heir of Vatja lands (born
est 1390; dc 1425) was born of that gediminid lineage who for generations
held extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts
of the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod.
Teuvo was first mentioned in 1408 as accompanying his father, the duke
Patrikas, castellan of Kaprio, Käkisalmi etc, at Moscow where the ruler
Vasili I welcomed them.
When fully adult, Teuvo became on behalf of his Muscovite liege lord,
Namestnik in Veliki Novgorod (attested in the year 1420, Ikonnikov) and
Namestnik in the republic of Pihkova (attested in the year 1424,
Ikonnikov), both in neighborhood of his boyhood home in Karelia and Ingria.
A plague spread, duke Teuvo encountered it in c1425, and he travelled to
Moscow, where he soon died (perhaps in 1426, perhaps already in 1425).
Duke Teuvo is known to have left one son, duke Vasilei (presumably born
around 1420), who is thought to have been that one who attestedly acquired
the estate of Khovanj in district of Volokolamsk near Moscow, the property
which later gave byname to their male lineage.
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2010/6/14 M Sjostrom <mqs...@gmail.com>
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> many territories in Eastern Finland were held by duke Narimantas and his
> descendants.
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M Sjostrom
2010/6/14 M Sjostrom <mqs...@gmail.com>
>
> many territories in Eastern Finland were held by duke Narimantas and his
> descendants.
>
here draft biographies of some grandson, great-grandson, and
great-great-grandsons of duke Jyrki:
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duke Iivana Vasileinpoika 'bulgak', prince of the Vadja, palatine of Pihkova
and Veliki Novgorod, boyar (born est 1440; mentioned in 1457; died on 14 Apr
1498) was a scion of the branch of gediminids who for generations had held
extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of
the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who served in high positions
in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod. His parents were duke
Vasilei Jurinpoika of the Vadja, boyar (died in January 1450) who deceased
relatively young, and his wife Maaria (who was alive in 1457).
duke Iivana was first attested -relatively young- in 1457 when also his
paternal grandfather duke Jyrki of Korela was already deceased. In 1475 he
became Boyar. duke Iivana Vasleinpoika served as Namestnik in the republic
of Pihkova, near his family's some ancestral lands in Ingria; and served as
namestnik in Veliki Novgorod, where his family's ancestral some lands were
in Karelia etc.
It was during duke Iivana's life when the high ruler Ivan III ended the
independence of Veliki Novgorod in 1478 and subjugated all its lands under
the absolute rule of Moscow. Whereas the republic of Pihkova was allowed to
continue its autonomy under the suzerainty of the Moscow ruler. In about the
1480s, the sovereign Ivan III confiscated the estates of a lot of
aristocrats of Novgorod, and distributed them to his loyal men.
duke Iivana Vasleinpoika nicknamed Bulgak's wife was Ksenia Ivanovna
Vsevoloia. duke Iivana had four well-attested sons, two of whom (Miihkali
and Antrei) founded prominent lineages of the house:
duke Iivana Iivananpoika 'moshok' 'Bulgakov', prince of the Vadja etc (born
c1465; d 1495)
duke Miihkali Iivananpoika 'golitsa' 'Bulgakov' (born est 1468; mentioned in
1492; dc 1554)
duke Antrei Iivananpoika 'kuraka' 'Bulgakov' (born est 1470; mentioned in
1492; d after 1521), voivode of Kostroma and Dorogobush
duke Mitri Iivananpoika 'Bulgakov', prince of the Vadja etc (born in est the
1470s; died after 1514)
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duke Miihkali Iivananpoika 'golitsa' 'Bulgakov', prince of the Vadja, etc,
voivode in Veliki Novgorod (born before 1470; mentioned in 1492; dc 1554)
was a descendant of that branch of gediminids who for generations had held
extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of
the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high
positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod. His parents were
duke Iivana Vasleinpoika nicknamed Bulgak, palatine of Veliki Novgorod and
Pihkova (c1440-1498), and his wife Ksenia Ivanovna Vsevoloia.
Already in 1492 as young man, prince Miihkali was mentioned among those who
accompanied the ruler, Ivan III, to Veliki Novgorod, the former independent
state which Ivan III had reduced to a province of Muscovite realm in
1477/1478. Many ancestral domains of Miihkali's family were situated in
territory of Novgorod.
It was during duke Miihkali's life when the next high ruler, Vasili III
ended the independence of the republic of Pihkova in 1510 and subjugated all
its lands under the absolute rule of Moscow. Vasili III confiscated the
estates of a lot of aristocrats of Pihkova, and distributed them to his
loyal men.
Duke Miihkali became Boyar in 1510. he also served as second voivode of the
province of Veliki Novgorod.
In 1514 the boyar, prince Miihkali 'Bulgakov' (a man in his middle years)
was taken prisoner from the battle of Orsha and kept 38 years in Polish
captivity (Almagro 1843, Ikonnikov). It was his iron glove, legendarily in
the battle of Orsha, from which he got his nickname 'golitsa'. He was
released only in c1552, an elderly man, and died within a few years.
Ikonnikov presents a narrative that duke Miihkali showed extraordinary
bravery and noble quality in the battle and then also when held for years as
hostage in Poland-Lithuania.
His son was duke Jyrki Miihkalinpoika Bulgakov, governor of Veliki Novgorod
(born in est the 1490s; mentioned in 1522; died in 1560)
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duke Jyrki Miihkalinpoika Bulgakov, prince of the Vadja etc, governor of
Veliki Novgorod (born in est the 1490s; mentioned in 1522; died in 1560 at
Pihkova, near Ingria) was a descendant of that branch of gediminids who for
generations had held extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland
and other parts of the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had
served in high positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
His father was duke Miihkali Iivananpoika 'Bulgakov' nicknamed golitsa, the
long-time captive of the Poles, and a voivode in Veliki Novgorod
(bef1470-c1554).
In around 1540, prince Jyrki (Juri) became Boyar.
While his father, the Duke Miihkali was kept in his long imprisonment in
Poland, prince Jyrki became since 1546 the governor of Veliki Novgorod, the
province where the family had had a lot of ancestral domains. Already in
1478 Ivan III had reduced that former independent state to a province of the
Muscovite realm.
In authentic diplomatic documentation of the time (such as, the peace talks
of 1557 with Swedes), duke Jyrki is mentioned only with the byname Bulgakov,
he seemingly was not known as a Golitsin. In that documentation, the Tsar
Ivan IV explicitly mentions that duke Jyrki Bulgakov is directly descended
in male line from kings of great Lithuania (this was to impress why princely
governors of Veliki Novgorod were on the same diplomatic level to deal with
the then parvenu king of Swedes, Gustav I).
prince Jyrki served as Muscovite ambassador to Hungary in 1551. He is
credited as the founder of the fortress of Sviyazhsk (in 1551..1552) against
the kingdom of Kazan (Sviyazhsk afterwards evolving to a town).
duke Jyrki's wife was Ksenia. They had two well-attested sons:
duke Iivana Jurinpoika (Bulgakov-)Golitsin, castellan of Pähkinälinna,
governor of Veliki Novgorod, etc (born in est 1520s; died c1582), who was
the first who definitively adopted the name Galitzin, and was a leader in
the Livonian War.
duke Vasilei Jurinpoika Bulgakov-Golitsin, governor of Veliki Novgorod (born
before c1540; d 1584)
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prince Pietari Antreinpoika Kurakin, voivode of Pihkova (born before c1510;
mentioned in 1547; died in 1575) was a descendant of that branch of
gediminids who for generations had held extensive properties and fortresses
in eastern Finland and other parts of the late-medieval state of Veliki
Novgorod, and who had served in high positions in the republics of Pihkova
and Veliki Novgorod. His father was prince Antrei Iivananpoika 'Bulgakov'
nicknamed Kuraka, voivode of Kostroma and Dorogobush (c1470-aft1521).
Boyar, duke Pietari Antreinpoika Kurakin, prince of the Vadja etc, served as
voivode of the province of Pihkova, the former independent state which
Vasili III had reduced to a province of Muscovite realm in 1510. Many
ancestral domains of Pietari's family were situated in region of Pihkova,
and in neighborhood in Ingria.
His son was duke Antrei Pietarinpoika Kurakin, governor of Veliki Novgorod
(born before c1540; mentioned in 1560; died in 1615)
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M Sjostrom
2010/6/14 M Sjostrom <mqs...@gmail.com>
>
> many territories in Eastern Finland were held by duke Narimantas and his
> descendants.
>
>
>
> here drafts of biographies of Narimantas' grandsons in eastern Finland:
>
> -----------------
>
>
> duke Teuvo Patrikanpoika of Korela (Feudor), co-heir of Vatja lands (born
> est 1390; dc 1425) was born of that gediminid lineage who for generations
> held extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts
> of the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod.
>
> Teuvo was first mentioned in 1408 as accompanying his father, the duke
> Patrikas, castellan of Kaprio, Käkisalmi etc, at Moscow where the ruler
> Vasili I welcomed them.
> When fully adult, Teuvo became on behalf of his Muscovite liege lord,
> Namestnik in Veliki Novgorod (attested in the year 1420, Ikonnikov) and
> Namestnik in the republic of Pihkova (attested in the year 1424,
> Ikonnikov), both in neighborhood of his boyhood home in Karelia and Ingria.
> A plague spread, duke Teuvo encountered it in c1425, and he travelled to
> Moscow, where he soon died (perhaps in 1426, perhaps already in 1425).
>
> Duke Teuvo is known to have left one son, duke Vasilei (presumably born
> around 1420), who is thought to have been that one who attestedly acquired
> the estate of Khovanj in district of Volokolamsk near Moscow, the property
> which later gave byname to their male lineage.
>
>
>
> -----------------
>
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>
duke Vasilei 'lushtsikha' Khovanski, voivode of Kazan (mentioned in 1474;
presumably born around 1420; died after 1487) was a scion of specifically
the Khovan branch of those gediminids who for generations had held extensive
properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of the
late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who served in high positions in
the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
He was of the progeny of duke Teuvo Patrikanpoika (Feudor) of Korela (dc
1425).
prince Vasilei is mentioned in 1474, 1584, 1487 (according to Europäische
Stammtafeln)
He was possibly the one of his lineage who acquired the estate of Khovanj in
district of Volokolamsk near Moscow, the property which later gave byname
('Khovansky') to their male lineage - although Ikonnikov presents an idea
that already duke Teuvo Patrikanpoika (dc 1425) might have held that
property and the name been used already of him.
prince Vasilei 'lustshika' of Khovan served several years as voivode of
Kazan, last mentioned as such in 1587.
He seemingly had several sons. According to Ikonnikov, one of these was duke
Pietari Vasleinpoika Khovanski (mentioned in 1517, possibly born in the
mature years of his father, such as in the 1470s).
Another (and elder) of his sons might have been (the alternative is his some
sort of 'nephew') that specific duke Teuvo Vasleinpoika (Feudor) Khovanski
(mentioned in 1504) who was nicknamed 'krivy', and whose granddaughter was
the famed princess Eufrosyne, duchess of Staritsa (c1516-1569).
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duke Antrei Petrinpoika Khovanski, seneschal of Staritsa (mentioned in 1543;
born in est the 1510s; died in 1579) was a descendant of those gediminids
who for generations had held extensive properties and fortresses in eastern
Finland and other parts of the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and
who had served in high positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki
Novgorod - and specifically scion of the Khovan branch of those gediminids.
According to Ikonnikov, his parents were duke Pietari Vasleinpoika Khovanski
(mentioned in 1517, possibly born in the the 1470s) and his wife, Irina
Fedorovna Plestsheieva, daughter of Feudor Andreievich Plestsheiev.
prince Antrei Pietarinpoika was mentioned between 1543 and 1564. He served
his cousin's son, Vladimir Andreievich (1533-69), the Duke of Staritsa, and
a cadet prince of Moscow, as the seneschal (high steward) of the
principality.
In early 1560s, duke Antrei Petrinpoika Khovanski served in the Livonian
War, as a leader of the Staritsa troops.
He left three relatively-well-attested sons (according to Ikonnikov):
duke Iivana Antreinpoika 'bal' Khovanski, general, governor of Veliki
Novgorod (mentioned in 1591; born in est 1550s; died in c1622)
duke Mikiitta Antreinpoika Khovanski (mentioned in 1598; born in est 1560s;
d perhaps 1608)
duke Antrei Antreinpoika 'klim' Khovanski, voivode of Astrakhan and Tobolsk
(mentioned in 1612/1607; born in est 1570)
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general, duke Iivana Antreinpoika 'bal' Khovanski, governor of Veliki
Novgorod (mentioned in 1591; born in est 1550s; died in c1622) was the
eldest son of the Khovani branch of those gediminids who for generations had
held extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts
of the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high
positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
His father was duke Antrei Petrinpoika Khovanski, seneschal of Staritsa
(c1510s-1579).
In 1610 and so, prince Iivana Khovanski served as commander against Swedes
who had pushed their attack to the regions of Tver, Rzhev and Staritsa.
in Spring 1615 he became a boyar of Moscow.
Between 1616-1619 he served as governor of the province of Veliki Novgorod
In wartime he had served also as namestnik of Ryazan.
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duke Iivana Mikiitanpoika Khovanski, lord of Leonovo, voivode of Smolensk
(mentioned in 1625; born in est 1600; died in 1675) was a scion of the
Khovani branch of those gediminids who for generations had held extensive
properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of the
late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high positions
in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
according to Ikonnikov, his parents were duke Mikiitta Antreinpoika
Khovanski (c1560-c1608) and his first wife, princess Daria Mikhailovna
Pozharskaia, from Puretski.
Thusly his maternal uncle was prince Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski, savior
of the motherland (1578-1642)
And his paternal uncle was duke Iivana Antreinpoika 'bal' Khovanski,
general, governor of Veliki Novgorod (c1550-c1622)
Ikonnikov lists him as boyar in 1623, at a young age.
In the mid-1640s, duke Iivana Mikiitanpoika was a friend of count Valdemar
of Slesvig-Holsten, the intended suitor of the tsarevna Irina Mikhailovna.
In 1648, duke Iivana Khovanski was (again) made Boyar.
In 1650, duke Iivana Mikiitanpoika was sent to suppress the uprising in
Veliki Novgorod and Pihkova, those provinces where he had ancestry. He dealt
with revolters in a conciliatory manner.
In 1654 the Muscovites besieged and conquered Smolensk from the Poles, and
duke Iivana Khovanski, lord of Leonovo, one of leaders of the war, was set
as its voivode from 1655. In 1660, he also defeated the Polish army at the
village of Malchami.
His (younger) first cousin was duke Iivana Antreinpoika 'tararui' Khovanski,
governor of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod, general of the Strelzi guard, who
was executed in 1682.
(according to Ikonnikov) Duke Iivana Mikiitanpoika Khovanski, lord of
Leonovo, married Maria Mikhailovna Saltykova (d 1665), daughter of boyar
Mikhail Mikhailovich Saltykov. Their younger son was prince Pietari
Iivananpoika 'zmei' Khovanski, voivode of Astrakhan, boyar of Moscow
(mentioned in 1662; born est 1640; died in 1716).
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M Sjostrom
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> many territories in Eastern Finland were held by duke Narimantas and his
> descendants.
>
>
>
> -----------------
>
>
>
> duke Jyrki Patrikanpoika, Juri, of Korela, co-heir of Vatja lands (born est
> 1380; died before 1457, after 1445; mentioned 1408) was born of that
> gediminid lineage who for generations held extensive properties and
> fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of the late-medieval state of
> Veliki Novgorod.
>
prince Iivana Jurinpoika 'gvozdi' of the Vadja (mentioned in 1455; born est
1430; died in or after 1499), boyar, was a scion of the branch of gediminids
who for generations had held extensive properties and fortresses in eastern
Finland and other parts of the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and
who served in high positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki
Novgorod.
He was younger son of duke Jyrki Patrikanpoika of Korela, prince of the
Vadja, a boyar of Moscow (fl 1408; died between 1444 and 1457) and his wife
Anna Mitrintytär of Moscow.
In 1450, Iivana's elder brother duke Vasilei deceased relatively young,
seemingly not yet forty. This meant Iivana was soon the sole adult man of
descendants of his father duke Jyrki.
Duke Iivana was a prominent and successful ally and adviser of Ivan III, who
ruled Moscow and a lot of other territories between 1462 and 1505. Duke
Iivana was made Boyar of Moscow in 1462.
The high ruler Ivan III ended the independence of Veliki Novgorod in 1478
and subjugated all its lands under the absolute rule of Moscow - duke Iivana
'gvozdi' (ancestrally also a Novgorod magnate) being one of his supporters.
Whereas the republic of Pihkova was allowed to continue its autonomy under
the suzerainty of the Moscow ruler. In about the 1480s, the sovereign Ivan
III confiscated the estates of a lot of aristocrats of Novgorod, and
distributed them to his loyal men.
It is known that duke Iivana controlled the muscovite Duma in the 1490s. He
was leader of aristocratic party.
Towards the elderly days of Ivan III, it was vital to solve whether his
grandson Dmitri or his younger son Vasili would succeed in the rule of the
kingdom. In 1498 that got solved: Dmitri's succession was officially secured
by elevating him to technical co-rulership with his grandfather - and that
goal was what duke Iivana had worked for.
However, within a year he and his political allies fell into disgrace,
because the old ruler found out about the conspiracy against his younger son
Vasili and ordered arrests. The succession decision was reverted by the old
ruler.
Duke Iivana was forced to become a monk at Troitsk.
The rurikid prince Semjon Ivanovich Rjapolovski was executed by shot.
And Iivana's both surviving sons lost their secular positions and also they
had to become monks.
Duke Iivana gvozdi had several sons and at least one daughter. Prince Semjon
Ivanovich is mentioned as his son-in-law in his will, having married his
daughter (whose name possibly was Irina).
Sons:
prince Miihkali Iivananpoika 'kalyshka', general (mentioned in 1475; born
est 1450s; died 1495, predeceased his father)
prince Vasilei Iivananpoika 'Vassian' 'kossoi', ecclesiastic, politician
(born est 1460s; died near mid-1500s)
prince Iivana Iivananpoika 'munynna', voivode of Polatsk (born est 1470s;
died in perhaps 1530s)
--------
prince Vasilei Iivananpoika Patrikejev, otherwise Vassian, also known as
Vassian kosoi (born before c1470; died between 1531 and 1545) was a
descendant of the branch of gediminids who for generations had held
extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of
the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high
positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
He was younger son of duke Iivana Jurinpoika 'gvozdi', the most important
politician in Moscow of his time.
prince Vasilei kossoi was commander in the Swedish-Russian War of 1495-97,
his army invading Swedish-controlled Finland from eastern Finland held by
Novgorod. They besieged the Viipuri fortress in that Finnic seaport in 1495.
In the 1490s, he was one of leading men in his father's boyar party, which
supported tsarevich Dmitri Ivanovich (grandson of Ivan III) in a struggle
against Sophia Palaiologina's son Vasili for succession to the throne.
Prince Vassian became a Boyar in 1495.
They won the political struggle in 1498 upon Dmitri being crowned as his
grandfather's co-ruler. However, within a year the decision was reverted and
their political allies fell into disgrace. Also prince Vassian was forced to
become a monk.
As monk, he became an erudite writer, political figure and ecclesiastical
adviser. It was his later career as learned churchman advising Vasili III
which made him independently prominent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassian_Patrikeyev
-----------
M Sjostrom
>
> many estates in Eastern Finland were held by descendants of duke
> Narimantas.
>
>
>
>
>>
> ---------------------
>
>
>
> duke Iivana Vasileinpoika 'bulgak', prince of the Vadja, palatine of
> Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod, boyar (born est 1440; mentioned in 1457; died
> on 14 Apr 1498) was a scion of the branch of gediminids who for generations
> had held extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other
> parts of the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who served in high
> positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod. His parents were
> duke Vasilei Jurinpoika of the Vadja, boyar (died in January 1450) who
> deceased relatively young, and his wife Maaria (who was alive in 1457).
>
> duke Iivana was first attested -relatively young- in 1457 when also his
> paternal grandfather duke Jyrki of Korela was already deceased. In 1475 he
> became Boyar. duke Iivana Vasleinpoika served as Namestnik in the republic
> of Pihkova, near his family's some ancestral lands in Ingria; and served as
> namestnik in Veliki Novgorod, where his family's ancestral some lands were
> in Karelia etc.
>
> It was during duke Iivana's life when the high ruler Ivan III ended the
> independence of Veliki Novgorod in 1478 and subjugated all its lands under
> the absolute rule of Moscow. Whereas the republic of Pihkova was allowed to
> continue its autonomy under the suzerainty of the Moscow ruler. In about the
> 1480s, the sovereign Ivan III confiscated the estates of a lot of
> aristocrats of Novgorod, and distributed them to his loyal men.
>
> duke Iivana Vasleinpoika nicknamed Bulgak's wife was Ksenia Ivanovna
> Vsevoloia. duke Iivana had four well-attested sons, two of whom (Miihkali
> and Antrei) founded prominent lineages of the house:
> duke Iivana Iivananpoika 'moshok' 'Bulgakov', prince of the Vadja etc (born
> c1465; d 1495)
> duke Miihkali Iivananpoika 'golitsa' 'Bulgakov' (born est 1468; mentioned
> in 1492; dc 1554)
> duke Antrei Iivananpoika 'kuraka' 'Bulgakov' (born est 1470; mentioned in
> 1492; d after 1521), voivode of Kostroma and Dorogobush
> duke Mitri Iivananpoika 'Bulgakov', prince of the Vadja etc (born in est
> the 1470s; died after 1514)
>
------------
>
>
> prince Pietari Antreinpoika Kurakin, governor of Pihkova (born before
> c1510; mentioned in 1547; died in 1575) was a descendant of that branch of
> gediminids who for generations had held extensive properties and fortresses
> in eastern Finland and other parts of the late-medieval state of Veliki
> Novgorod, and who had served in high positions in the republics of Pihkova
> and Veliki Novgorod. His father was prince Antrei Iivananpoika 'Bulgakov'
> nicknamed Kuraka, voivode of Kostroma and Dorogobush (c1470-aft1521).
>
> Boyar, duke Pietari Antreinpoika Kurakin, prince of the Vadja etc, served
> as voivode of the province of Pihkova, the former independent state which
> Vasili III had reduced to a province of Muscovite realm in 1510. Many
> ancestral domains of Pietari's family were situated in region of Pihkova,
> and in neighborhood in Ingria.
>
> His son was duke Antrei Pietarinpoika Kurakin, governor of Veliki Novgorod
> (born before c1540; mentioned in 1560; died in 1615)
>
>
>
> ---------------------
>
>
>
>
draft biographies from Kurakin branch
--------------------------------
duke Antrei Pietarinpoika Kurakin, governor of Veliki Novgorod (born before
c1540; mentioned in 1560; died in 1615) was a scion of specifically the
Kurakin branch of those gediminids who for generations had held extensive
properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of the
late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high positions
in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
His father was duke Pietari Antreinpoika Kurakin, governor of Pihkova (bef
c1510-1575) [ES by Schwennicke].
duke Antrei was first mentioned in 1560.
between 1607-1609 he served as governor of Veliki Novgorod, the formerly
independent state which Ivan III had reduced to a province of Muscovite
realm in 1478. Many ancestral domains of Antrei's family were situated in
territories of Veliki Novgorod.
at the time, a heavy war was waged around Novgorod between Swedes and
Russians. The Swedes had mostly taken over much of the Finnic-speaking
regions, such as Ingria and Karelia. They were also taking advantage of the
Time of Troubles of Moscow, aiming even at acquiring the throne of the tsars
to Charles Philip, younger brother of the Swedish king. The Swedish prince
was proclaimed tsar in Veliki Novgorod, which the Swedish troops had
temporarily occupied. The Swedes also made incursions to heartlands of
Muscovia, such as region of Tver.
Duke Antrei deceased in 1615.
He had several sons. His eldest son, prince Shemeikka Antreinpoika Kurakin
(born before 1577; died seemingly in 1606) had apparently predeceased him,
leaving him three grandsons [ES by Schwennicke].
---------------
duke Teuvo Simonpoika Kurakin, governor of Pihkova (mentioned in 1616; born
est 1590; died in c1656) was a scion of specifically the Kurakin branch of
those gediminids who for generations had held extensive properties and
fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of the late-medieval state of
Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high positions in the republics of
Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
His parents were princess Elena Vasilievna Bakhteiarova-Rostovskaia (died on
22 May 1628) and her husband, prince Shemeikka Antreinpoika Kurakin (est
1560s-1606); himself son of duke Antrei Pietarinpoika Kurakin, governor of
Veliki Novgorod (bef c1540-1615) [ES by Schwennicke].
Duke Teuvo (Feudor) Kurakin became a boyar. He served as governor of
Pihkova, the formerly independent state which Vasili III had reduced to a
province of Muscovite realm in 1510. Many ancestral domains of Teuvo's
family were situated in region of Pihkova, and in its neighborhoods.
---------------
duke Reijo Simonpoika Kurakin, governor of Veliki Novgorod (mentioned in
1625; born bef 1606; died in 1661) was a scion of specifically the Kurakin
branch of those gediminids who for generations had held extensive properties
and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of the late-medieval state
of Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high positions in the republics of
Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
He was youngest son of princess Elena Vasilievna Bakhteiarova-Rostovskaia
(died on 22 May 1628) and her husband, prince Shemeikka Antreinpoika Kurakin
(bef 1577-1606); himself son of duke Antrei Pietarinpoika Kurakin, governor
of Veliki Novgorod (bef c1540-1615) [ES by Schwennicke].
duke Reijo (Grisha) Kurakin became a boyar. He served 1657-1659 as governor
of Veliki Novgorod, the formerly independent state which Ivan III had
reduced to a province of Muscovite realm in 1478. Most of its Finnish
terrotories had been lost to Sweden as result of the Treaty of Stolbova in
1617. Many ancestral domains of Reijo's family were situated in region of
Novgorod, and in its neighborhoods.
He married secondly (after 1645) Maria Borisovna Sheremeteva, and they had
the son and heir,
duke Iivana Reijonpoika Kurakin, voivode of Smolensk (mentioned in 1669;
born bef est 1650; died on 15 Sept 1681)
[ES by Schwennicke]
---------------
duke Boris Kurakin, lord of Nadeshdino, Starobelski and Kurakino (born in
1676; died on 17 Oct 1727) was a descendant of specifically the Kurakin
branch of those gediminids who for generations had held extensive properties
and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of the late-medieval state
of Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high positions in the republics of
Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
He was youngest son of duke Iivana Reijonpoika Kurakin, voivode of Smolensk
(mentioned in 1669; born bef est 1650; died on 15 Sept 1681) and his wife,
princess Fedosia Alekseievna Odoevskaia (bc 1650; died on 26 Aug 1677);
herself daughter of prince Alexei Nikitich Odoevski and his wife, princess
Uljana Romodanovskaia.
Because his both parents deceased when he was but a young boy, duke Boris
was raised by his maternal grandmother, princess Uliana Ivanovna
Romodanovskaia, heiress of Voskovo [cf Ikonnikov]. Princess Uljana was
maternal aunt of the Great Galitzin, Boris' agnate, the western-minded
leader of Russian politics in the 1680s [according to S.N.Plautin].
At his time, the Russian imperial court and main administration settled to
Petersburg in Ingria, a region where Boris' ancestors had held much of their
lands.
Duke Boris' career was in diplomacy, where he was pioneering. He served tsar
Peter I the great as his ambassador in London, Hanover, Hague and Paris. He
became a supervisor of foreign affairs of Russia, particularly its
diplomats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Kurakin
--------------------------------
M Sjostrom
>
> many estates in Eastern Finland were held by descendants of duke
> Narimantas.
>
>
>
> 2010/6/14 M Sjostrom <mqs...@gmail.com>
>
>>
>> many territories in Eastern Finland were held by duke Narimantas and his
>> descendants.
>>
>> here drafts of biographies of Narimantas' grandsons in eastern Finland:
>>
>> -----------------
>>
>>
>>
>> duke Jyrki Patrikanpoika, Juri, of Korela, co-heir of Vatja lands (born
>> est 1380; died before 1457, after 1445; mentioned 1408) was born of that
>> gediminid lineage who for generations held extensive properties and
>> fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of the late-medieval state of
> here draft biographies of some grandson, great-grandson, and
> great-great-grandsons of duke Jyrki:
> duke Miihkali Iivananpoika 'golitsa' 'Bulgakov', prince of the Vadja, etc,
> voivode in Veliki Novgorod (born before 1470; mentioned in 1492; dc 1554)
> was a descendant of that branch of gediminids who for generations had held
> extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of
> the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high
> positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod. His parents were
> duke Iivana Vasleinpoika nicknamed Bulgak, palatine of Veliki Novgorod and
> Pihkova (c1440-1498), and his wife Ksenia Ivanovna Vsevoloia.
>
> Already in 1492 as young man, prince Miihkali was mentioned among those who
> accompanied the ruler, Ivan III, to Veliki Novgorod, the former independent
> state which Ivan III had reduced to a province of Muscovite realm in
> 1477/1478. Many ancestral domains of Miihkali's family were situated in
> territory of Novgorod.
>
> It was during duke Miihkali's life when the next high ruler, Vasili III
> ended the independence of the republic of Pihkova in 1510 and subjugated all
> its lands under the absolute rule of Moscow. Vasili III confiscated the
> estates of a lot of aristocrats of Pihkova, and distributed them to his
> loyal men.
>
> Duke Miihkali became Boyar in 1510. he also served as second voivode of the
> province of Veliki Novgorod.
>
> In 1514 the boyar, prince Miihkali 'Bulgakov' (a man in his middle years)
> was taken prisoner from the battle of Orsha and kept 38 years in Polish
> captivity (Almagro 1843, Ikonnikov). It was his iron glove, legendarily in
> the battle of Orsha, from which he got his nickname 'golitsa'. He was
> released only in c1552, an elderly man, and died within a few years.
>
> Ikonnikov presents a narrative that duke Miihkali showed extraordinary
> bravery and noble quality in the battle and then also when held for years as
> hostage in Poland-Lithuania.
>
> His son was duke Jyrki Miihkalinpoika Bulgakov, governor of Veliki Novgorod
> (born in est the 1490s; mentioned in 1522; died in 1560)
>
> ------------
>
>
> duke Jyrki Miihkalinpoika Bulgakov, prince of the Vadja etc, governor of
> Veliki Novgorod (born in est the 1490s; mentioned in 1522; died in 1560 at
> Pihkova, near Ingria) was a descendant of that branch of gediminids who for
> generations had held extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland
> and other parts of the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had
> served in high positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
> His father was duke Miihkali Iivananpoika 'Bulgakov' nicknamed golitsa, the
> long-time captive of the Poles, and a voivode in Veliki Novgorod
> (bef1470-c1554).
>
> In around 1540, prince Jyrki (Juri) became Boyar.
>
> While his father, the Duke Miihkali was kept in his long imprisonment in
> Poland, prince Jyrki became since 1546 the governor of Veliki Novgorod, the
> province where the family had had a lot of ancestral domains. Already in
> 1478 Ivan III had reduced that former independent state to a province of the
> Muscovite realm.
>
> In authentic diplomatic documentation of the time (such as, the peace talks
> of 1557 with Swedes), duke Jyrki is mentioned only with the byname Bulgakov,
> he seemingly was not known as a Golitsin. In that documentation, the Tsar
> Ivan IV explicitly mentions that duke Jyrki Bulgakov is directly descended
> in male line from kings of great Lithuania (this was to impress why princely
> governors of Veliki Novgorod were on the same diplomatic level to deal with
> the then parvenu king of Swedes, Gustav I).
>
> prince Jyrki served as Muscovite ambassador to Hungary in 1551. He is
> credited as the founder of the fortress of Sviyazhsk (in 1551..1552) against
> the kingdom of Kazan (Sviyazhsk afterwards evolving to a town).
>
> duke Jyrki's wife was Ksenia. They had two well-attested sons:
> duke Iivana Jurinpoika (Bulgakov-)Golitsin, castellan of Pähkinälinna,
> governor of Veliki Novgorod, etc (born in est 1520s; died c1582), who was
> the first who definitively adopted the name Galitzin, and was a leader in
> the Livonian War.
> duke Vasilei Jurinpoika Bulgakov-Golitsin, governor of Veliki Novgorod
> (born before c1540; d 1584)
>
>
>
>
> ------------
>
>
duke Vasilei Jurinpoika Golitsin, governor of Veliki Novgorod (mentioned in
1562; born before c1540; died in 1584 at Smolensk) was a scion of that
branch of gediminids who for generations had held extensive properties and
fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of the late-medieval state of
Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high positions in the republics of
Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
His parents were duke Jyrki Miihkalinpoika Bulgakov, prince of the Vadja
etc, governor of Veliki Novgorod (c1490s-1560) and his wife Oksenja.
duke Vasilei became Boyar in 1576
in 1583 duke Vasilei served as governor of Veliki Novgorod, the province
where the family had had a lot of ancestral domains. Already in 1478 Ivan
III had reduced that former independent state to a province of the Muscovite
realm.
He had three sons:
duke Vasilei Vaslenpoika Golitsin, candidate for the Russian throne (b est
1560s; d 1619)
duke Iivana Vaslenpoika Golitsin (b est 1570; d 1626)
duke Antrei Vaslenpoika Golitsin, voivode of Tobolsk (b est 1570s; d 1611)
------------
duke Vasilei Vaslenpoika Golitsin, candidate for the Russian throne
(mentioned in 1590; b est 1560s; d 25 Jan 1619 in prison at Vilnius,
Lithuania) was a scion of that branch of gediminids who for generations had
held extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts
of the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high
positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
His father was duke Vasilei Jurinpoika Bulgakov-Golitsin, governor of
Veliki Novgorod (bef c1540-1584).
In 1590, he was one of leaders of an army against Narva in Ingria/Estonia.
In 1591 duke Vasilei became a Boyar.
In 1606-1610 duke Vasilei was one of candidates offered to the throne of
Russia.
When he was ambassador in Poland, he was taken captive and held up to his
death.
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M Sjostrom
> Narimantas.
>
> duke Jyrki's wife was Oksenja. They had two well-attested sons:
> duke Iivana Jurinpoika (Bulgakov-)Golitsin, castellan of Pähkinälinna,
> governor of Veliki Novgorod, etc (born in est 1520s; died c1582), who was
> the first who definitively adopted the name Galitzin, and was a leader in
> the Livonian War.
> duke Vasilei Jurinpoika Bulgakov-Golitsin, governor of Veliki Novgorod
> (born before c1540; d 1584)
>
> ---------------------
>
>
draft biographies from the branch of the Galitzin
----
duke Iivana Jurinpoika Golitsin, prince of the Vadja etc, governor of Veliki
Novgorod, castellan of Pähkinälinna, etc (mentioned in 1555; born in est
1520s; died in c1582) was a scion of that branch of gediminids who for
generations had held extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland
and other parts of the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had
served in high positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
He was the elder son of duke Jyrki Miihkalinpoika Bulgakov, prince of the
Vadja etc, governor of Veliki Novgorod (c1490s-1560) and his wife Oksenja.
duke Iivana Jurinpoika was the first in his family who definitively adopted
the name Galitzin (according to Ikonnikov), from the glove fame of his
grandfather duke Miihkali. Iivana must have been a young man when his brave
grandfather was released in 1552 from the 38-year Polish captivity and then
died a few years later.
In 1574, duke Iivana became a boyar.
duke Iivana Jurinpoika Golitsin was a leader in the Livonian War in the
1570s, appointed by Tsar Ivan IV. In January 1577, duke Iivana Golitsin
commanded an attack against Tallinn, Estonia, but this was not a success.
He returned to (their ancestral) Pihkova after the siege.
In the 1580s, duke Iivana served as administrator in the province of Veliki
Novgorod (attestations between 1581 and his death). He is also mentioned as
castellan of Pähkinälinna fortress (Ikonnikov, who places his death to
1582).
At the time, he held the office of governor of Veliki Novgorod, the whole
province - the formerly independent state which Ivan III had in 1478 reduced
to a province of the Muscovite realm.
It is known that one of his daughters was Helena Iivanantytär Galitzina, who
was married to Novgorod-rooted stolnik Grigori Mikhailovich Aminev, of the
old boyar-class lineage of Lazar 'Ratsha'. The couple's historically known
son, baior Teuvo Reijonpoika Aminev (d 1628), was born in the lifetime of
duke Iivana Jurinpoika, the maternal grandfather. baior Teuvo's later career
as remarkable landowner in Ingria and as castellan of Oudova in northern
Pihkova region and of Ivangorod in western Ingria, would have some of its
background in the Narimantas-Galitsin dynasty's centuries-long position in
the states of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
in addition to his daughters, duke Iivana had two historically attested
sons:
duke Iivana Iivananpoika 'shpak' Galitzin, castellan of Pähkinälinna and
Koknese, voivode of Kazan (mentioned in 1575; born est 1550; died in 1607)
duke Antrei Iivananpoika 'skurikha' Galitzin, governor of Pihkova (mentioned
in 1586; born bef est 1560; died in 1607)
------------
duke Iivana Iivananpoika 'shpak' Galitzin, castellan of Pähkinälinna and
Koknese, voivode of Kazan (mentioned in 1575; born est 1550; died in 1607)
was the one-time head of that branch of gediminids who for generations had
held extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts
of the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high
positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
He was the elder son of duke Iivana Jurinpoika Golitsin, governor of Veliki
Novgorod, etc (1520s-c1582) and his wife Outi (Eudokia).
Like his father, in the 1570s the young prince Iivana Iivananpoika was a
leader in the Livonian War, against the Swedes. Schwennicke [ES] mentions
him in 1575 as castellan of Koknese fortress in Latgalia of Latvia. It looks
like the Golitsin family operated in Livonia and Estonia from their
ancestral lands in Pihkova region.
duke Iivana the younger obviously followed his father in the early 1580s to
Veliki Novgorod, and was officeholder in that province (Iivana the younger
is attested between 1582 and 1589 in Novgorodese administration). In 1583,
he is mentioned as castellan of Pähkinälinna.
Veliki Novgorod was the formerly independent state which Ivan III had
reduced to a province of Muscovite realm in 1478. Many ancestral domains of
Iivana's family were situated in region of Novgorod, and in its
neighborhoods.
between 1590 and 1592, duke Iivana the younger is mentioned in commands
against the Swedes - there was the long Russo-Swedish war up to the 1597
Treaty of Täyssinä (Teuzino).
He became Boyar in 1592.
He served as voivode of Kazan.
His nephew, baior Teuvo Aminev, is mentioned as castellan of Ivangorod
(Jaanilinn, Iivananlinna, 'fortress of Ivan III'), the westernmost outpost
of Veliki Novgorod on the eastern bank of River Narva in western Ingria, in
years around 1610. baior Teuvo is recorded as having defended the castle
with utmost bravery in 1612 against the besieging Swedes.
In early 1600s, the Muscovite kingdom drifted to its Time of Troubles. Also
the war against Swedes (in north-west, near the ancestral lands of the
Golitsin dynasty) erupted again.
In early 1600s, particularly in the 1610s, most of Finnish territories of
Veliki Novgorod were lost to occupation of the Swedes, an outcome confirmed
by the Treaty of Stolbova in 1617.
------------
duke Antrei Iivananpoika 'skurikha' Galitzin, prince of the Vadja etc,
governor of Pihkova (mentioned in 1586; born bef est 1560; died in 1607) was
a descendant of that branch of gediminids who for generations had held
extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of
the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high
positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
His parents were duke Iivana Jurinpoika Golitsin, governor of Veliki
Novgorod, etc (1520s-c1582) and his wife Outi.
His father and elder brother were leaders in warfare against the Swedes in
1570s-1580s.
He became Boyar in 1592, seemingly at a relatively young age.
duke Antrei Galitzin served at least between 1598 and 1601 as governor of
Pihkova, the formerly independent state which Vasili III had reduced to a
province of Muscovite realm in 1510. Many ancestral domains of Antrei's
family were situated in region of Pihkova, and in its neighborhoods.
There had been the long Russo-Swedish war up to the 1597 Treaty of Täyssinä,
and Pihkova regions had also been targets of attacks of Swedes.
In early 1600s, the Muscovite kingdom drifted to its Time of Troubles. Also
the war against Swedes erupted again.
In early 1600s, Pihkova province was also a target of attacks of Swedes, and
most of Finnish territories of Veliki Novgorod were lost to occupation of
the Swedes, an outcome confirmed by the Treaty of Stolbova in 1617.
Antrei's nephew, baior Teuvo Aminev (Fritz Aminev), is mentioned as
castellan of Oudova, the enemy-taken outpost fortress of Pihkova, in 1615.
Elgenstierna mentions that Teuvo Aminev had some inherited lands in the area
of Oudova.
in addition to daughters, duke Antrei Iivananpoika Golitsin had two
historically attested sons:
duke Iivana Antreinpoika Galitzin, voivode of Kazan (mentioned in 1613; born
before c1590; died in 1654)
duke Antrei Antreinpoika Galitzin, voivode of Tobolsk = governor of Sibiria
(mentioned in 1621; born after c1590; d 1638)
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duke Miihkali Antreinpoika Galitzin, prince of the Vadja etc, governor of
Pihkova (born in early 1639 posthumously; mentioned in 1656; died on 25 Sept
1687) was a cadet son of that branch of gediminids who for generations had
held extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts
of the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high
positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
His parents were duke Antrei Antreinpoika Galitzin, voivode of Tobolsk (aft
c1590-1638) and his wife Eufemia Jurintytär Piliamova-Saburova (c1600-1641).
He had three important elder brothers: prince Vasilei (1618-1652) who was
not boyar; boyar and duke Iivana (dc 1690) as well as boyar and duke Aleksi
Golitsin (1632-1694).
duke Miihkali Antinpoika became Boyar himself in 1676 (according to
Ikonnikov).
In 1682 duke Miihkali Antreinpoika Golitsin was Governor of the province of
Pihkova, the formerly independent state which Vasili III had reduced to a
province of Muscovite realm in 1510. Many ancestral domains of Miihkali's
family were situated in region of Pihkova, and in its neighborhoods -
however the 1617 Treaty of Stolbova had ceded most of old Veliki Novgorod's
Finnish territories to the Swedes, although no territories of the former
state of Pihkova.
he also served as voivode in Kyiv and in Smolensk
His wife was Paraskeva Mikiitantytär Kaftyreva (born on 28 Oct 1645; died in
Nov 1715).
They had several children, including:
duke Mitri Miihkalinpoika Galitzin, governor of Ukraine (b 3 June 1665;
mentioned in 1686; beheaded at Pähkinälinna, eastern Ingria, on 14 April
1737)
duke Miihkali Mikanpoika the Field Marshal Galitzin, governor of Finland (b
1 Nov 1675; d 10 Dec 1730)
duke Miihkali Mikanpoika the Admiral Galitzin, chief of navy (b 1 Nov 1684;
mentioned in 1703; d 23 May 1764)
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Field Marshal, duke Miihkali Miihkalinpoika Galitzin, prince of the Vadja
etc, governor of Finland (born on 1 Nov 1675; died on 10 Dec 1730) was a
descendant of that branch of gediminids who for generations had held
extensive properties and fortresses in eastern Finland and other parts of
the late-medieval state of Veliki Novgorod, and who had served in high
positions in the republics of Pihkova and Veliki Novgorod.
His parents were duke Miihkali Antreinpoika Golitsin, prince of the Vadja
etc, governor of Pihkova (1639-1687) and his wife Paraskeva Mikiitantytär
Kaftyreva (1645-1715).
duke Miihkali the Field Marshal is described a prince vaillant, a heroic
warrior, and a gentle and just soul.
In Peter the great's warfare against the Swedes, his boyhood companion the
duke Miihkali was heroic in 1702 in battles in Narva and Pähkinälinna in
Ingria (Ikonnikov).
In battles in Finland in the 1710s (the Great Wrath in Finland), duke
Miihkali Golitsin was commander of Russians against his remote cousin, baron
Kaarle Kustaa Armfeldt, himself a descendant of the Galitzin of Pihkova and
Karelia through the Aminev family, who was commander of the Swede army in
Finland.
The warfare led to total occupation of all Finland. Duke Miihkali was set at
Turku (the then capital of Finland) as highest governor of the occupation.
He has won acclaims from the Finnish historiography by his exemplary
justness and gentleness despite of the harsh time of the Great Wrath. He
protected the Finns and kept the occupation troops in check. A history
wrote: "he sought by all means to minimize their (the inhabitants' of the
country) sufferings"
In his time, the Russian imperial court and main administration settled to
Petersburg in Ingria, a region where Miihkali' ancestors had held much of
their lands.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Michail_Michajlovitj_Golitsyn_color.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/1000_Golitsyn.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Michail_Michajlovitj_Golitsyn.jpg
http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihhail_Mihhailovit%C5%A1_Golits%C3%B5n
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Golitsyn
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M Sjostrom
father:
- oldest sources appear to know only the duke named Patrikas
Narimantasinpoika (and its translations in other languages), i.e Patrikas,
son of Narimantas. That is the explicit information about the filiation for
example in the chronicle of Novgorod when it records in 1384-85 the fief
holdings of Patrikas.
- sometime a few centuries BP, such as in 1800s or in 1700s (which was some
four hundred years after Patrikas lived) some amateur genealogist appears to
have been the one who concocted the personage named as Patrikas son of
Alexander (Patrikei Alexandrovich) and that creation appears to have taken
place in Russia. Seeing that the Golitsin family's later generations have
employed that specific personage as their root in genealogies they have
shown to others, it would probably have been some sort of genealogist for
example in service of the princes Galitzin. As a matter of high ancestry and
boasting, this actually is not a significant difference: there imo is
nothing essentially better for remote descendants in descending via
Alexander from Narimantas than Patrikas being himself son of Narimantas, so
this difference boils down to nothing else than a question of precise
filiation and getting it correct. But these sort of mistakes were things
frequently done in 1800s genealogical collections, it did not need more than
an unclear wording or scribble in some old source. Patrikas had a son named
Alexander, as far as reliable genealogies know - someone could have seen
their names in opposite order in some scribbling (although even there
probably intended as Alexander son of Patrikas by the original source, not
Patrikas son of Alexander), and the ghost was born to literature. The
princes Galitzin were powerful and numerous in the 1800s, and in the end of
that century, the Brockhaus-Jefron encyclopedia, adopted the version
presented by the Galitzin. This ghost-like 'Patrikas Aleksandraitis' has
lived onwards in many genealogies to the present day.
- many respectable genealogical works have since discarded that ghost-like
Patrikei Alexandrovich and kept with Patrikas Narimantaitis. For example,
Ikonnikov, and Schwennicke's Europäische Stammtafeln.
- a good demonstration what confusion and inconsistency this has caused, is
the 1979 publication of the french collector Jacques Ferrand, who afaik
pretty much followed what the families themselves gave to him. In his entry
for the princes Kurakin, Ferrand in that publication (les familles
princieres de l'ancien empire de Russie) gives the pedigree table according
to the older knowledge: the ancestor was Patrikas son of Narimantas. But in
the very same work, in the entry for the princes Galitzin, Ferrand then
lists the pedigree in the version where there are Patrikei Alexandrovich,
then Aleksanteri Narimantasinpoika as his father, and of course Narimantas
as the forefather as father of Aleksanteri. It would be inconceivable to
have such conflicting data in a real academic publication without any effort
to explain the inconsistency (Ferrand made no explanation - perhaps he even
did not realize the difference, as those two tables are separated by plenty
of pages in his publication). The Kurakin-entry forefathers between Patrikas
and his great-great-grandson Andrew 'kuraka' are precisely the same as the
Galitzin-entry forefathers between Patrikas and his great-great-grandson
Michael 'golitsa', so (perhaps unwittingly) Ferrand agrees that these two
branches did not separate yet from Narimantas, but -as is historically
recorded- only several generations after Narimantas, four generations after
Patrikas.
- it would actually not be chronologically totally impossible for one
Patrikas to have been son of Narimantas' elder son Aleksanteri
Narimantasinpoika, but the existence of 1300s historical records which
explicitly mention Patrikas Narimantasinpoika, combined with the total lack
of any Patrikei Aleksandrovich (or its translations) in historical records
of that and next century, is telling.
2010/6/14 M Sjostrom <mqs...@gmail.com>