Prince of Turov

Who he is

Name

Ivan Yurievich, by the Belarusian princely lists (1195-1207); low confidence

Title

Prince of Turov

Since

1195 by those lists

Born

not pinned

Family

A son of Yuri Yaroslavich of Turov (died 1167), and so a brother of Rurik of Kiev's wife Anna. His brothers: Sviatopolk (prince of Turov, died 1190), Yaroslav (Pinsk), Gleb (Dubrovitsa, and Turov 1190-1195 by the same lists). An Andrei, killed on the Kalka in 1223, is sometimes identified as his son Andrei Ivanovich of Turov.

Confidence

low

en.wikipedia (Principality of Turov) lists Gleb 1190-1195, Ivan Yuryevich 1195-1207, Rostislav Glebovich 1207-1228; the chronicle evidence for these years is very thin.

Overlord

None in law; he follows the prince of Kiev, Rurik, his brother-in-law.

What it holds

• Turov and its district on the Pripet (Turov)
• Seniority among the Turov-Pinsk princes

How it was acquired

By inheritance among Yuri Yaroslavich's sons.

Allies and rivals

Rurik of Kiev (kin). Lithuanian and Yotvingian raiders.

How things stand that morning

Holds Turov (holder's name low confidence).

Wealth

Furs, honey, wax, fish; Pripet tolls.

Military

A small retinue; the Turov fort.

Threats

• Lithuanian raids
• Being drawn into the Kiev-Volhynia quarrel

Where the sources disagree

• en.wikipedia's list has 'Ivan Yuryevich 1167-1190' where the chronicle has Sviatopolk Yurievich at Turov until 1190.

Evidence: Modern lists only; no chronicle names the prince of Turov for 1199-1200.

On the map: District drawn round the town; borders with Pinsk and Mozyr notional.

Primary sources for Turov and Pinsk

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The Hypatian Chronicle (the Kievan Chronicle compiled about 1200 at the Vydubichi monastery; the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle in the 13th century). The southern record. Read online