Prince of Turov
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The Prince of Turov 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' Principality of Turov, a lordship based on the city of Turov, now Turaŭ
Turau
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 in Homiel Voblast
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, Belarus
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.

Although not mentioned in his Testament of 1054, the city of Turov was ruled by the descendants of Iziaslav Iaroslavich
Iziaslav I of Kiev
Iziaslav Yaroslavich , Kniaz' , Veliki Kniaz of Kiev , King of Rus'...

, Grand Prince of Kiev. It fell into the control of Vladimir Monomakh and the latter's son Mstislav Vladimirovich
Mstislav I of Kiev
Mstislav I Vladimirovich the Great was the Grand Prince of Kiev , the eldest son of Vladimir II Monomakh by Gytha of Wessex...

, who delegated control, until the Iaroslavichi regained control in 1157 in the person of Iurii Iaroslavich in 1157.

List of princes of Turov

  • Sviatopolk Vladimirovich
    Sviatopolk I of Kiev
    Sviatopolk I Vladimirovich was the Kniaz' of Turov and Velikii Kniaz of Kiev whose paternity and guilt in the murder of brothers are disputed.-Early life:Sviatopolk's mother was a Greek nun captured by Sviatoslav I in Bulgaria and married to his lawful heir...

    , 980-1010
  • under Grand Prince of Rus

Iziaslavichi
  • Iziaslav Iaroslavich
    Iziaslav I of Kiev
    Iziaslav Yaroslavich , Kniaz' , Veliki Kniaz of Kiev , King of Rus'...

    , 1045-1054
  • under Grand Prince of Rus
  • Iaropolk Piotr Iziaslavich, 1078-87
  • to be filled
  • Sviatopolk Iziaslavich
    Sviatopolk II of Kiev
    Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich was supreme ruler of the Kievan Rus for 20 years, from 1093 to 1113. He was not a popular prince, and his reign was marked by incessant rivalry with his cousin Vladimir Monomakh...

    , 1088-1093
  • Viacheslav Iaropolkovich, 1094-1104/05

Monomakhs
  • control of Grand Prince, 1105-1125
  • Viacheslav Vladimirovich
    Viacheslav I of Kiev
    Viacheslav Vladimirovich , Prince of Smolensk , Turov , Pereyaslavl , Peresopnitsa , Vyshgorod and Grand Prince of Kiev ....

    , 1125-1132
    • Mikhail Viacheslavich, 1129
  • Vsevolod Mstislavich
    Vsevolod of Pskov
    Vsevolod Mstislavich , the patron saint of the city of Pskov, ruled as Prince of Novgorod in 1117–32, Prince of Pereslavl and Prince of Pskov in 1137–38.- Early life :...

    , 1132
  • Iziaslav Vladimirovich, 1132-1134
  • Viacheslav Vladimirovich (again), 1134-1142
  • to be filled
  • Viacheslav Vladimirovich (3rd time), 1142-1146
  • Andrei Boguliubski, 1150-1151
  • Boris ..., 1155-1157

Iziaslavovichi (again)
  • Iurii Iaroslavich, 1157-1166 x 1167
  • Iurii Iaroslavich, 1157-1167
  • Sviatopolk Iurievich, d. 1190
  • Ivan Iurievich, 1167-1190
  • Gleb Iurievich, 1190-1195
  • Ivan Iurievich (again), 1195-1207
  • Rostislav Glebovich, 1207-1228
  • Mstislav Fedor Glebovich, 1228-1235/8
  • to be filled or unknown
  • Iurii Vladimirovich, d. 1292
  • Dmitry Iurevich, 1292-?
  • ?
  • Daniil Dmitr'evich, ?-1366

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