The Prince of Pereyaslavl was the kniaz (the ruler

Ruler

A ruler, sometimes called a rule or line gauge, is an instrument used in geometry, technical drawing, printing and engineering/building to measure distances and/or to rule straight lines...

 or sub-ruler) of the Rus

Kievan Rus'

Kievan Rus was a medieval polity in Eastern Europe, from the late 9th to the mid 13th century, when it disintegrated under the pressure of the Mongol invasion of 1237–1240....

 Principality of Pereyaslavl

Principality of Pereiaslavl'

The Principality of Pereslavl was a regional principality of Kievan Rus from the end of 9th to 1302 based on the city of Pereyaslavl on the Trubezh river. It was usually administrated by younger sons of the Grand Prince of Kiev...

, a lordship based on the city of Pereyaslavl

Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi

Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi is a town located where Alta River flows into Trubizh River in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Raion , the town itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...

 (now Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi) on the Trubezh river

Trubizh River

Trubizh is a river entirely located in Ukraine, a left tributary of Dnieper. It falls into the Dnieper's Kaniv Reservoir .It is not to be confused with the Russian Trubezh River ....

 and straddling extensive territory to the east in what are now parts of Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. It lay on Rus civilization's southern frontier with the steppe

Steppe

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.

The principality emerges was apportioned as the inheritance of Vsevolod Yaroslavich

Vsevolod I of Kiev

Vsevolod I Yaroslavich , ruled as Grand Prince of Kiev from 1078 until his death.-Early life:...

, son of Yaroslav the Wise; his brotherSvyatoslav received Chernigov, while Smolensk went to Vyacheslav

Vyacheslav

Vyacheslav is a male given name that can also be spelled Viacheslav or Viatcheslav. It is also anglicised as Wenceslaus, which can also be spelled Wenceslas, Venceslas, or Wenzeslaus-Academia:...

 and Vladimir-in-Volhynia to Igor

Igor

Igor is a given name derived from the Norse name Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Rus' by the Norse Varangians, in the form Ingvar or Yngvar...

; this ladder of succession is related to the seniority order mentioned above. Vsevolod's appanage included the northern lands of Rostov and the lighly colonised north-eastern zone of Rus (see Vladimir-Suzdal

Vladimir-Suzdal

The Vladimir-Suzdal Principality or Vladimir-Suzdal Rus’ was one of the major principalities which succeeded Kievan Rus' in the late 12th century and lasted until the late 14th century. For a long time the Principality was a vassal of the Mongolian Golden Horde...

).

The Primary Chronicle recorded that in 988 Vladimir had assigned the northern lands (later associated with Pereyaslavl) to Yaroslav. The town was destroyed by the Mongols in March 1239, the first of the great Rus cities to fall. Certainly from the reign of Vsevolod Yaroslavich, the princes of Pereyaslavl held the principality of Rostov-Suzdal, which was heavily colonized by Slavs thereafter, a process which strengthened the region's power and independence, separating the two regions.

In 1132, Yaropolk became Grand Prince on his brother Mstislav's death, while the Monomashichi descended into general internecine conflict over the Pereyaslavl principality. Yaropolk appointed Vsevolod Mstislavich, prince of Novgorod

Prince of Novgorod

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, to the principality of Pereyaslavl - in this era designated heir to the Kievan throne - thus provoking Yaropolk's younger brother Yuri Dolgoruki

Yuri Dolgoruki

Prince Yuri I Dolgorukiy , also known as George I of Rus, was the founder of Moscow and a key figure in the transition of political power from Kiev to Vladimir-Suzdal following the death of his elder brother Mstislav the Great...

, controller of Suzdal, into war. Yuri drove out Vsevolod, whom Yaropolk then replaced with Izyaslav. An agreement was reached by 1134 between Yuri and Yaropolk that their common brother Vyacheslav would take the throne of Pereyaslavl.

List of princes of Pereyaslavl

• Yaroslav Vladimirovich, 988—1010
• Boris Vladimirovich
• Elias Yaroslavich, c. 1019
• —
• Vsevolod Yaroslavich
  Vsevolod I of Kiev
  Vsevolod I Yaroslavich , ruled as Grand Prince of Kiev from 1078 until his death.-Early life:...
  
  , 1054–1076
• Rostislav Vsevolodich, d. 1093
• Vladimir Vsevolodich
  Vladimir II Monomakh
  Vladimir II Monomakh |Basileios]]) was a Velikiy Kniaz of Kievan Rus'.- Family :He was the son of Vsevolod I and Anastasia of Byzantium Vladimir II Monomakh |Basileios]]) (1053 – May 19, 1125) was a Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kievan Rus'.- Family :He was the son of Vsevolod I (married in...
  
  , 1076—1078
• Rostislav Vsevolodich, 1078—1093
• Vladimir Vsevolodich (again), 1094—1113
• Svyatoslav Vladimirovich, d. 1114
• Yaropolk Vladimirovich, 1114–1132
• Vsevolod Mstislavich, 1132 x 1134
• Izyaslav Mstislavich, 1132 x 1134
• Vyacheslav Vladimirovich, 1132–1134
• Andrey Vladimirovich, 1135–1141
• Vyacheslav Vladimirovich (again), 1142
• Iziaslav Mstislavich
  Iziaslav II of Kiev
  Iziaslav II Mstislavich , Prince of Pereyaslav , Prince of Turov , Prince of Rostov , Prince of Vladimir and Volyn , Pereyaslavl , Velikiy Kniaz of Kiev , was the oldest son of Mstislav Vladimirovich, Kniaz' , and...
  
  , 1143–1145
• Mstislav Izyaslavich, 1146–1149
• Rostislav Yurevich, 1149–1151
• Mstislav Izyaslavich (again), 1151–1155
• Gleb Yurevich
  Gleb of Kiev
  Gleb Yuryevich , Prince of Kursk , Kanev , Pereyaslavl and Grand Prince of Kiev . Son of Yuri Dolgoruky....
  
  , 1155–1169
• Vladimir Glebovich, appointed 1169, died 1187
• Yaroslav Mstislavich ??
• Vsevolod Yurevich, ?-1206
• Vsevolod Chermnyi Svyatoslavich, 1206
• Ryurik Rostislavich, 1206-?
• Vladimir Ryurikovich
  Vladimir III Rurikovich
  Vladimir IV Rurikovich , Prince of Pereyaslavl , Smolensk and Grand Prince of Kiev . Son of Rurik Rostislavich....
  
  , 1206–1213

External links

• Foundation for medieval genealogy