User:Nederlandse Leeuw/Lists of Rus' princes

These are lists of Rus' princes. It only includes lists of people who have been identified as princes from Kievan Rus', "Rus' princes" (see also Rus' people and knyaz), or whose realms have been identified as "Rus' principalities", in English-language scholarly literature.

The Kyivan Rus' and its principalities (862-1240)


The Rurikids were descendants of Rurik (Ukrainian: Рюрик) (Hrørekr), a Varangian pagan konung or chieftain, who according to the Primary Chronicle was invited to rule Novgorod in 862 and who came to become the ruler of the Northern Slavic tribes of the (Krivchians and Slovene) as well as the Finnish tribes (Meria, Chud and Ves). Later his son or grandson, Prince Ihor, became the Prince of separate Kyivan territories to the south beginning the rule of the Riurykide dynasty of Kyivan Rus. The existence of Rurik is a point of contention for historians, P. Kovaletsky and Omeljan Pritsak believe that Rurik was the same person as Hroereckr (Rorik), the 9th century Norse king of Jutland and Frisia and that pervasive myths and legends about him formed the basis for the primary chroniclers. Alternatively, Alexsei Shakmatov accepts the Primary Chronicle's account as factual and Rurik is a historic being.

Principalities under Kievan Rus' formed before 1240
(Note: As many princes ruled at different times in many places, the numbering of the princes is restricted to the Kievan Rus'/Kyiv, the Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia, the Principality of Polotsk, and the Grand Principality of Vladimir.)

Appanage princes (non-ruling)

 * Prince of Mozhaysk (split from Smolensk by late 13th century)
 * Prince of Serpukhov-Borovsk
 * Prince of Tmutarakan
 * Prince of Volotsk
 * Prince of Yelets

Summary list

 * Prince of Dorogobuzh
 * Prince of Karachev
 * Prince of Pskov
 * Prince of Galich Merskiy
 * Prince of Slutsk
 * Prince of Izyaslavl
 * Prince of Mstislavl
 * Prince of Trubetsk

Pre-1240

 * Prince of Novgorod

Post-1240

 * Iurev Polskii? (split from Vladimir-Suzdal by late 13th century)
 * Pereiaslavl Zalesskii? (split from Vladimir-Suzdal by late 13th century)
 * Yaroslavl split off in 1249, fragmented into appanages in 14th and 15th centuries ("appanage period")