Principality of Yaroslavl

The Principality of Yaroslavl ( Russian Ярославское княжество ) was a Russian principality that existed from 1218 to 1463. Its territory comprised stretches of land on the upper reaches of the Volga around the city of Yaroslavl, including the same, as well as some northern Russian areas on the lower reaches of the Scheksna .

The Principality of Yaroslavl was formed in 1218 by splitting up the Principality of Rostov , which resulted from the division of the inheritance of the recently deceased Rostov and Vladimir prince Konstantin Vsevolodowitsch among his sons. Here the second son Vsevolod received the Yaroslavl land in his possession and has ruled it since then as a principality, which was subordinate to the Vladimir Grand Duchy.

In the 13th century the principality was targeted by the Golden Horde several times , for example in 1257 when a lost battle in Yaroslavl cost the lives of most of the city's inhabitants, including Prince Constantine. Since 1261 Yaroslavl was led by a new princely dynasty, which descended from the Smolensk prince Fyodor Rostislavich (ruled in Yaroslavl 1261-99).

From the first third of the 15th century, more and more parts of the Yaroslavl principality went to the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the course of the feudal wars . Under its last ruler, Alexander Fyodorowitsch (1434–63), the principality finally lost its political independence and in 1463 was de facto completely absorbed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow. In nominal terms, however, the Yaroslavl principality existed until Alexander Fyodorovich's death in 1471.

Principality of Yaroslavl

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