Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal
Нижегородско-Суздальское великое княжество
Nizhegorodsko-Suzdalskoye velikoye knyazhestvo
1341–1425
of Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal
Coat of arms
  Principality of Nizhny Novgorod c. 1350
CapitalNizhny Novgorod
Common languagesOld East Slavic, Russian
Religion
Russian Orthodoxy
Prince[1] 
 1341–1355
Konstantin of Suzdal (first)
History 
 Established
1341
 
1425
Currencyruble, denga, tenge
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Vladimir-Suzdal
Grand Duchy of Moscow
Nizhegorodsky Uyezd

The Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal[1] (Russian: Нижегородско-Суздальское великое княжество), also known as Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod (also spelt Nizhnii),[2] was a principality formed in 1341. Its main towns were Nizhny Novgorod, Suzdal, Gorokhovets, Gorodets, and Kurmysh.[3] Nizhny Novgorod was the seat of the principality from 1350. The prince Dmitry of Suzdal obtained the yarlik (patent) for the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir from khan Nawruz Beg in 1360.[1]

History

Konstantin of Suzdal merged the principalities of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod in 1341 with the approval of Jani Beg, who became Khan of the Golden Horde next year.[4]

List of princes

  • Konstantin Vasilyevich (Prince of Suzdal) (Prince of Suzdal 1332–1341, Prince of Nizhny Novgorod–Suzdal 1341[4]–1355).
  • Andrei Konstantinovich (Prince of Nizhny Novgorod–Suzdal 1355–1365).
  • Dmitry of Suzdal (Suzdal since 1359, Nizhny Novgorod since 1365 – 1383)
  • Boris Konstantinovich (1383–1394), brother of previous
  • With the permission of khan Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde, Vasily I of Moscow took over Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal in 1393.[5]
Yurievichi connection of Moscow, Novgorod-Suzdal, and Tver
Yaroslav II of Vladimir
G. P. of Vladimir (1238–1246)
Grandson of Yurievichi progenitor Yuri Dolgorukiy
Alexander Nevsky
G. P. of Vladimir (1252–1263)
Andrey II of Vladimir
G. P. of Vladimir (1249–1252)
Yaroslav of Tver
Prince of Tver (1264–1271)
Daniel of Moscow
Prince of Moscow (12??–1303)
Daniilovichi progenitor
Konstantin of Suzdal
Prince of Nizhny
Novgorod-Suzdal (1341–1355)
Mikhail of Tver
Prince of Tver (1285–1318)
G. P. of Vladimir (1304–1318)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Martin 2007, p. 229.
  2. Martin 2007, p. 230.
  3. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1976), vol. 25, p. 57
  4. 1 2 Martin 2007, p. 199.
  5. Halperin 1987, p. 75.

Bibliography

  • Halperin, Charles J. (1987). Russia and the Golden Horde: The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian History. p. 222. ISBN 9781850430575. (e-book).
  • Martin, Janet (2007). Medieval Russia: 980–1584. Second Edition. E-book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-36800-4.


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