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Russian principality (1376–1573)

Principality of Odoyev Одоевское княжество (Russian) 1376–1573 Upper Oka Principalities in 1389 Principality of Odoyev Principality of Tarusa Principality of Kozelsk Principality of Masalsk Status Principality Capital Odoyev Common languages Russian Religion Russian Orthodoxy Government Feudal monarchy History • Established 1376 • Disestablished 1573 Succeeded by Tsardom of Russia Today part of Russia

The **Principality of Odoyev** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Одоевское княжество) was a late medieval [Russian principality](/source/Russian_principality).[1] It was one of the [Upper Oka Principalities](/source/Upper_Oka_Principalities) and it existed from 1376 to 1573. The town of [Odoyev](/source/Odoyev) was the center of the principality.[2]

From 1407, it was under the political authority of the [Grand Duchy of Lithuania](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania). During the 15th century, it disintegrated into a number of [appanages](/source/Appanage) belonging to the princes [Vorotynsky](/source/Vorotynsky) and [Odoyevsky](/source/Odoyevsky_family). By the end of the century, it had passed to the Russian state, and the appanage princes finally lost their independence in 1573.[1][2]

## History

The [Principality of Novosil](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Novosil&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ru](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE)] disintegrated into a number of [appanages](/source/Appanage) in the 14th century, one of which was Odoyev. The prince of [Novosil](/source/Novosil), Roman Semyonovich, took part in the campaign against [Tver](/source/Principality_of_Tver) in 1375, along with Grand Prince [Dmitry of Moscow](/source/Dmitry_Donskoy). In December, the [Golden Horde](/source/Golden_Horde) devasted Novosil and the rest of the principality. The following year, Roman Semyonovich settled in [Odoyev](/source/Odoyev), although the principality may have separated after his death around 1402.[3]

The princes of Odoyev called themselves princes of Novosil, and sometimes princes of Novosil and Odoyev until the late 14th century. They began to call themselves princes of Odoyev by the mid-16th century.[4]

In 1407, the Lithuanians burned down Odoyev.[5] As a result, it came under the political authority of the [Grand Duchy of Lithuania](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania).[1][2] The principality was then ceded to the Lithuanians in 1427.[6] The princes of Odoyev were granted extensive lands in Lithuania, but the Lithuanians continued to collect tribute from them annually.[7]

Throughout the 15th century, the principality disintegrated into a number of appanages.[1][2] In the late 15th and early 16th centuries, it was split between the [Crimean Khanate](/source/Crimean_Khanate), the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the [Grand Principality of Moscow](/source/Grand_Principality_of_Moscow).[8]

In 1494, the principality was absorbed by Moscow.[9] After its incorporation into the centralized Russian state, the princes [Vorotynsky](/source/Vorotynsky) held the towns of Novosil and [Peremyshl](/source/Peremyshl%2C_Russia), while the princes [Odoyevsky](/source/Odoyevsky_family) held [Likhvin](/source/Likhvin).[1][2] Odoyev was divided between the two families.[1][2] In 1573, the last prince, Nikita Romanovich, was beheaded during the *[oprichnina](/source/Oprichnina)* of [Ivan the Terrible](/source/Ivan_the_Terrible).[10][2] The house of Odoyev died out in the 19th century.

## List of princes

Main article: [Odoyevsky family](/source/Odoyevsky_family)

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- [Roman Semyonovich Novosilsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roman_Semyonovich_Novosilsky&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ru](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)] (? — after 1402)

- [Yuri Romanovich Chyorny Odoyevsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yuri_Romanovich_Chyorny_Odoyevsky&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ru](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A7%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9)] (? — after 1429)

- [Ivan Yuryevich Odoevsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivan_Yuryevich_Odoevsky&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ru](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8C_%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9))] (? — about 1470)

- [Semyon Yuryevich](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Semyon_Yuryevich&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ru](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%91%D0%BD_%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8C_%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9))] (? — 1473)

- Fyodor Ivanovich Odoyevsky (? — after 1497)

- [Nikita Romanovich Odoyevsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nikita_Romanovich_Odoyevsky&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ru](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9,_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)] (? — 1573)

## See also

- [Odoyev](/source/Odoyev)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWieczynski1976197_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWieczynski1976197_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWieczynski1976197_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWieczynski1976197_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWieczynski1976197_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWieczynski1976197_1-5) [Wieczynski 1976](#CITEREFWieczynski1976), p. 197.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoguslavskyKuksina200178_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoguslavskyKuksina200178_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoguslavskyKuksina200178_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoguslavskyKuksina200178_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoguslavskyKuksina200178_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoguslavskyKuksina200178_2-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoguslavskyKuksina200178_2-6) [Boguslavsky & Kuksina 2001](#CITEREFBoguslavskyKuksina2001), p. 78.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Беспалов Р. А. Новосильско-Одоевское княжество и Орда в контексте международных отношений в Восточной Европе XIV – начала XVI веков // Средневековая Русь. Вып. 11. Проблемы политической истории и источниковедения / Отв. редактор А. А. Горский. – М.: «Индрик», 2014. – С. 269.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Беспалов Р. А. Новосильско-Одоевское княжество и Орда в контексте международных отношений в Восточной Европе XIV – начала XVI веков // Средневековая Русь. Вып. 11. Проблемы политической истории и источниковедения / Отв. редактор А. А. Горский. – М.: «Индрик», 2014. – С. 270.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:2_5-0)** Серова Л. Невелик городок Одоев//Наука и жизнь. №8, 1999/[https://www.nkj.ru/archive/articles/9564/](https://www.nkj.ru/archive/articles/9564/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Беспалов Р. А. Литовско-одоевский договор 1459 года: обстоятельства и причины заключения // Istorijos šaltinių tyrimai T. 4. Vilnius: Lietuvos istorijos instituto leidykla, 2012. – P. 46.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Беспалов Р. А. Литовско-одоевский договор 1459 года: обстоятельства и причины заключения // Istorijos šaltinių tyrimai T. 4. Vilnius: Lietuvos istorijos instituto leidykla, 2012. – P. 48.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:1_8-0)** Беспалов Р. А. Новосильско-Одоевское княжество и Орда в контексте международных отношений в Восточной Европе XIV – начала XVI веков // Средневековая Русь. Вып. 11. Проблемы политической истории и источниковедения / Отв. редактор А. А. Горский. – М.: «Индрик», 2014. – С. 259.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:22_9-0)** Серова Л. Невелик городок Одоев//Наука и жизнь. №8, 1999/[https://www.nkj.ru/archive/articles/9564/](https://www.nkj.ru/archive/articles/9564/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["НЭБ - Национальная электронная библиотека"](https://viewer.rsl.ru/ru/rsl01002921635?page=168&rotate=0&theme=white). *rusneb.ru - Национальная электронная библиотека* (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-08-25.

## Sources

- Boguslavsky, Vladimir V.; Kuksina, Elena I., eds. (2001). "Одоевское княжество". [*Славянская энциклопедия. Киевская Русь — Московия. Т. 2: Н—Я*](https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/5w2aelUEB_UC?hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3v97i2pSQAxWpwAIHHbYSNYEQ7_IDegQIEhAE) (in Russian). Moskva: ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 78. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-5-224-02251-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-5-224-02251-9).

- Wieczynski, Joseph L., ed. (1976). "Odoev, Principality of". [*The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History*](https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Modern_Encyclopedia_of_Russian_and_S/krxoAAAAMAAJ). Academic International Press. p. 197. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-87569-064-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87569-064-3).

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