Principality of Slutsk

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The Principality of Sluzk , from 1395 Principality of Sluzk-Kopyl , was a principality around the city of Sluzk in what is now Belarus . It was first mentioned in 1161/1162; from 1387 to 1791 it was an important part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania .

history

Kievan Rus

Slutsk Castle was first mentioned in 1116.

In 1149 Yuri Dolgoruki gave Slutsk to the Prince of Severia Svyatoslav Olgovich .

In 1161 Vladimir Mstislavich († 1171) was mentioned as the first and only prince of Slutsk during this period. He was a grandson of Vladimir Monomakh . A coalition led by his brother, the Kiev Grand Duke Rostislaw Mstislavich , fought against him and expelled him from Slutsk in 1162. After that, the area belonged to the Principality of Turow .

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

In 1320 the area became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . A Juri was named as Prince of Slutsk once for 1387 , probably from the house of the Prince of Pinsk or Turow.

In 1395 the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas handed over the Principality of Slutsk and Kopyl to the Prince of Kiev, Vladimir Olgerdowitsch , son of Grand Duke Algirdas and half-brother of the Polish King Jagiello . Until the end of its existence, the principality of Sluzk and Kopyl remained with his descendants. His son Olelko and his son Simon also managed to become princes of Kiev .

In 1507 the principality was incorporated into the Powiat Nowogrodek in the Nowogrodek Voivodeship , but retained extensive independence in administrative, legal, military and other matters. In 1569 it became part of the new united aristocratic republic of Poland-Lithuania .

In 1612 the principality came to the family of the Radziwiłł princes through the marriage of Janusz Radziwiłł with Sophia, Princess of Lutsk and Kopyl from the Olelkowicz Słucki family .

The last known references to the princes of Sluzk and Kopyl were for the year 1756 in a list of nobility in which the symbol of the house was contained in a coat of arms.

In 1791 the powiat Slutsk was created in the Nowogrodek Voivodeship . At this point at the latest, the principality, which was one of the most important rulers in the Polish-Lithuanian aristocratic republic, ends. In 1793, after the second partition of Poland , the area came to Russia as Ujesd Sluzk in the Minsk governorate .

In 1832, after the death of Stephanie von Radziwiłł , the last member of the house, the town of Sluzk passed to her husband, Count Ludwig von Wittgenstein , who handed it over to the state in 1847.

territory

The principality of Slutsk stretched from the Memel and Lana to the Ptich and Prypiat . Important places were Sluzk , Kopyl , Petrikow , Timkowitschi , Uretsche , Ljuban , Starye Dorogi , Umgowitschi , Tal , Pogost and others.

In 1612 the towns of Sluzk and Kopyl , the towns of Romanow ( Lenino ), Starobin , Ljuban and 32 outbuildings were included.

Princes of Slutsk

Princes of Slutsk

  • Vladimir Mstislavich (1161–1162)
  • Yuri (1387)

Princes of Slutsk and Kopyl

  • Wladimir Olgerdowicz (1395–1398), son of Algirdas
  • Olelko (Alexander) (1399–1443), son of Vladimir
  • Simon (1443–1454), son of Olelko
  • Michael (1454–1481), son of Olelko
  • Simon I (1481–1503), son of Michael
  • Anastasia (1505–), widow of Simon , regent for Juri I.
  • Juri I (1505–1542), son of Simon and Anastasia
  • Simon II (1542–1560), son of Juri I.
  • Juri II. (1560–1578), son of Juri I.
  • Yuri III. (1578–1586), son of Juri II , magnate (division of the area)
    • Jan Simon (1578–1591), son of Juri II (division of the area)
    • Alexander (1578–1592), son of Juri II (division of the area)
  • Sophia (1586–1612), daughter of Juri III.
  • Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–1620), husband of Sophia , magnate
  • Bogusław Radziwiłł (1620–1669), son of Sophia and Janusz , magnate

Remarks

  1. ↑ In that year, Prince Gleb Vzeslavich of Minsk fought against the Dregovichs with the support of Vladimir Monomakh of Kiev and burned "Sluchesk" . ( Nestor Chronicle ). The castle had existed for a long time, possibly it was already mentioned in 1086 (FF Serno-Solowewitsch) or 1096 (NS Sestrenzowitsch). There is also a Psalter from Slutsk from the 11th century (IA Glebow).
  2. ^ M. Stryjkowski: Kronika polska, litewska, żmudzka i wszystkiej Rusi. Vol. 2, Warsaw 1846
  3. ↑ To 1398 a Jurgis ( Juri ) from Pinsk is mentioned.
  4. ↑ Любавский М .: Областное деление и местное управление Литовско-Русского государства ко времени издания первого литовского статута. Moscow 1892
  5. ↑ Prince of Volhynia 1154–1157, Grand Prince of Kiev 1171, grandson of Vladimir Monomakh
  6. ↑ Maybe Jurgis von Pinsk (1398)?
  7. ^ Prince of Kiev 1362-1395
  8. ↑ Prince of Kiev 1443-1454
  9. ↑ Prince of Kiev 1454–1481

literature

  • Slutskoe knjaschestvo. In: Enziklopedija Brokgausa i Efrona. ( Brockhaus and Ephron Encyclopedia ), St.Petersburg 1890–1905