Prince of Murom

The Prince of Murom was the "kniaz", the ruler or sub-ruler, of the Rus' Principality of Murom, a lordship based on the city of Murom, now in Vladimir Oblast, Russia.

Gleb Vladimirovich, son of Vladimir the Great, ruled the principality in the early eleventh-century. [Franklin & Shepard, "Emergence", p. 185.] Murom was part of the territory of the Principality of Chernigov in the late eleventh-century, controlled by the Sviatoslavichi clan, the descendants of Iaroslav the Wise; probably it was retained by Vsevolod Iaroslavich even after this Prince of Chernigov became Grand Prince in 1076. [Martin, "Medieval Russia", p. 31.]

Oleg Sviatoslavich, grand-son of Iaroslav and Prince of Chernigov, ruled Murom through a "posadnik" in the early 1090s, and it was recognised as Oleg's sphere of influence at the Liubech Conference of 1097. [Franklin & Shepard, "Emergence", p. 185.] Here Oleg's brother Davyd was made co-ruler of Chernigov, and Oleg's lands were parcelled out between Oleg, Davyd and their brother Iaroslav; the latter obtained Ryanzan and Murom. [Dimnik, "Dynasty of Chernigov", p. 12.]

In 1392 Vasily Dmitr'evich, Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir, obtained a patent from Khan Tokhtamysh authorising the annexation of the Murom principality, along with those of Nizhni Novgorod and Gorodets. [Martin, "Medieval Russia", p. 228.]

List of princes of Murom

* Iaroslav Sviatoslavich, 1097-1129
* Iurii Iaroslavich, 1129-1143
* Sviatoslav Iaroslavich, 1143-1145
* Rostislav Iaroslavich, 1145-1147
* Vladimir Sviatoslavich, 1147-1149
* Rostislav Iaroslavich (again), 1149-1155
* Vladimir Sviatoslavich (again), 1155-1161
* Iurii Vladimirovich, 1161-1174
* Davyd Iur'evich, 1174-?
* Vladimir Iur'evich, ?-1203
* Igor Iur'evich, 1203-?
* Iurii Davydovich, ?-1237
* Iaroslav Iur'evich, 1237-?

After Iaroslav and the destruction of Murom by the Mongols, the princs of Murom disappear for nearly a century, resuming with:
* Vasily Iaroslavich, ?-1344 x 8
* Iurii Iaroslavich, 1344 x 8-1353
* Fedor Glebovich, 1353-x 1392

Notes

References

* Dimnik, Martin, "The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146-1246", (Cambridge, 2003)
* Franklin, Simon, and Shepard, Jonathan, "The Emergence of Rus, 750-1200", (Longman History of Russia, Harlow, 1996)
* Martin, Janet, "Medieval Russia, 980-1584", (Cambridge, 1995)