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The Prince of Smolensk was the '' kniaz'', the ruler or sub-ruler, of the Rus'
Principality of Smolensk The Principality of Smolensk (eventually Grand Principality of Smolensk) was a Ruthenian lordship from the 11th to the 16th century. Until 1127, when it passed to Rostislav Mstislavich, the principality was part of the land of Kiev. The princip ...
, a lordship based on the city of
Smolensk Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest cities in Russia. It has been a regional capital for most of ...
. It passed between different groups of descendants of Grand Prince Iaroslav I of Kiev until 1125, when following the death of Vladimir Monomakh the latter's grandson Rostislav Mstislavich was installed in the principality, while the latter's father Mstislav I Vladimirovich became Grand Prince. It gained its own bishopric in 1136. It was Rostislav's descendants, the Rostaslavichi, who ruled the principality until the fifteenth-century. Smolensk enjoyed stronger western ties than most Rus' principalities.


Kievan Rus' (Princes of Smolensk)

* 1010–1015 Stanislav Vladimirovich


Yaroslavichi

* 1054–1057 Viacheslav I Yaroslavich * 1057–1060 Igor I Yaroslavich * 1060–1073 Sviatoslav I Yaroslavich * 1073–1077 Vladimir I Monomakh * 1077–1085 Vladimir II Vsevolodich


Monomakhovichi/Sviatoslavichi

* 1092-1093 Mstislav I * 1093–1095 Iziaslav I Vladimirovich * 1095–1097 David I Sviatoslavich * 1097–1113 Sviatoslav II Vladimirovich and Yaropolk I * 1113–1125 Viacheslav II Vladimirovich


Monomakhovichi / Rostislavichi

* 1125–1160 Rostislav I * 1160–1171 Roman I (1st time) * 1171–1172 Yaropolk II Romanovich (1st time) * 1172–1174 Roman I (2nd time) * 1174–1175 Yaropolk II Romanovich (2nd time) * 1175–1176 Mstislav I Rostislavich "The Brave" * 1176–1180 Roman I (3rd time) * 1180–1197 David II Rostislavich * 1197–1213 Mstislav II "The Old" * 1213–1219 Vladimir III Rurikovich * 1219–1230 Mstislav III Davidovich


Rostislavichi / Mstislavichi

* 1230–1232 Rostislav II Mstislavich * 1232–1239 Sviatoslav III Mstislavich * 1239–1249 Vsevolod I Mstislavich * 1249–1278 Gleb I Rostislavich * 1278–1279 Mikhail I Rostislavich * 1279–1287 Theodore the Black * 1297–1313 Aleksandr I Glebovich * 1313–1359 Ivan I Aleksandrovich * 1359–1386 Sviatoslav IV Ivanovich * 1386–1392 Yury of Smolensk (1st time) * 1392–1395 Gleb II Sviatoslavich * 1395–1401 Roman II the Young, Lithuanian occupation * 1401-1404 Yury of Smolensk (2nd time) * since 1407 conquest by ''
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Grand Duchy of Lithuania


Viceroys of Smolensk

* ????–???? Alexander Daszek * ????–???? Vasil Svyatoslavich * 1482–1486 Mikalojus Radvila the Old * 1486–1492 Ivan Ilinicz * 1490–1499 Yuri Glebovich * 1499–1500 Mikalaj Ilinicz * 1500–1503 Stanislaw Kiszka * 1503–1507 Yury Solohub * 1507–1508 Yury Zenovich


Voivodes of Smolensk

* since 1514 conquest by ''
Principality of Moscow A principality (or sometimes princedom) is a type of monarchical state or feudal territory ruled by a prince or princess. It can be either a sovereign state or a constituent part of a larger political entity. The term "principality" is often ...
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Principality of Moscow


Voivodes of Smolensk

* 1514–1517 Vasili Vasilyevich Shuisky * 1517–1518 Boris Gorbaty * 1520–1523 Ivan Vasilyevich Shuisky * 1523–1525 Vasil Mykulinsky * 1526–1527 Ivan Shchetina * 1527–1530 Yury Pronsky * 1531–1533 Alexander Khokholkov * 1534–???? Nikita Obolensky, The Crippled * 1547–???? Ivan Sredniy * 1552–???? Ivan Zvenigorodskiy * 1555–1556 Yury Meshcherskiy * 1556–???? Alexei Yuryevich * ????–???? Samson Turenin * ????–???? Nikita Obolensky * ????–???? Ivan Andreyevich Shuisky * 1576–1577 Semeon Mezetsky * 1579–???? Ivan Kurlyatev * ????–???? Andrei Ivanovich Shuisky * 1583–1584 Feodor Mosalsky * 1584–1587 Andrei Zvenigorodkiy * 1596–1602 Vasili Golitsyn * 1602–1602 Nikita Trubetskoi * 1602–1603 Grigori Velyaminov * 1603–1605 Vasili Cherkassky * 1605–???? Ivan Romodanovsky * ????–???? Ivan Khovansky * 1608–1611 Mikhail Shein / Peotr Gorchakov


Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth


Voivodes of Smolensk

* 1611–1621 Mikolaj Glebovich * 1621–1621 Filon Kmita / Andrzej Sapieha * 1625–1639 Alexander Hosevski * 1639–1643 Krzysztof Hosevski * 1643–1653 Yury Glebovich * 1653–1653 Paweł Jan Sapieha * 1653–1654 Filip Obuchowicz


Tsardom of Russia


Voivodes of Smolensk


References

* Simon Franklin and Jonathan Shepard ''The Emergence of Rus, 750-1200'', (Longman History of Russia, Harlow, 1996) , * Janet Martin ''Medieval Russia, 980-1584'', (Cambridge, 1995) , {{DEFAULTSORT:Smolensk, Prince Of Lists of princes Noble titles of Kievan Rus' *