Principality of Murom

Who rules

Name

Vladimir Yuryevich

Title

Prince of Murom

Since

the 1170s, after his father Yuri Vladimirovich (prince 1161-1174); exact year not pinned

Born

not pinned

Family

Rurikid of the Murom line of the Sviatoslavichi; eldest son of Yuri Vladimirovich of Murom; brothers David and Igor

Confidence

high

en.wikipedia Principality of Murom (list of princes); Ilovaisky 1858 (the 1196 wedding, the 1183 Bulgar affair)

Overlord

Vsevolod III of Vladimir in practice: the Murom princes follow him in his wars and attend his court.

What the realm holds

• Murom (Murom)
• the lower Oka round Murom, from below the Meshchera country at Yelatma to the Mordvin edge, with the forest land on both banks
• tribute and trade with the neighbouring Mordvins (thin)

How it was acquired

Murom passed to the line of Yaroslav Sviatoslavich of Chernigov in the 12th century; Ryazan split from it in 1129. Yuri Vladimirovich ruled 1161-1174 and was followed by his son Vladimir (en.wikipedia).

Allies and rivals

Vsevolod III (master), the Ryazan Glebovichi (kin, fellow dependants), the Mordvins (neighbours, raided and traded with), Volga Bulgaria (trading partner and old enemy).

The realm that morning

Vladimir Yuryevich rules Murom; his brothers David (born about 1167) and Igor are with him, their own shares not pinned. Murom follows Vsevolod III. Across its borders: Vladimir-Suzdal holds the Klyazma (Gorokhovets, Vyazniki) to the north; Ryazan holds the Oka above Shilovo, and the Meshchera hold the forests and the Oka shore round Kasimov and Yelatma to the west; the Erzya hold the land east of the Tesha and the Moksha the Moksha river to the south-east.

Wealth

The Oka trade between Rus' and Bulgar, furs, honey and wax from the forests, fish; tribute from forest peoples (thin).

Military

The prince's retinue and the town host; earth-and-timber fort on the high left bank of the Oka. Record: in Vsevolod's Bulgar campaign of 1183. No numbers known.

Threats

• Mordvin raids (Prince Yaroslav of Murom was beaten by the Mordva in 1103)
• Bulgar reprisals for river piracy
• Vsevolod III's displeasure

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

In 1200

1. 1200 (no event recorded)No Murom event is recorded for 1200 in the sources searched.

Later, on the likely course

1. 1203 (after this year)Vladimir Yuryevich dies; his brother David succeeds and rules until 1228.Depends on: natural death Stopped by: nothing in play that changes his health
2. 1207 (after this year)Vsevolod III gives Pronsk to David of Murom after taking it from the Ryazan princes.

Places of note

• Murom: capital

Where the sources disagree

• Ilovaisky's index appears to date a death of a Prince Vladimir to 18 December 1203; whether this is Vladimir Yuryevich of Murom or Vladimir Glebovich of Ryazan could not be read from the damaged text. en.wikipedia gives 1203 for Vladimir Yuryevich.

Evidence: Murom appears in the Laurentian Chronicle only as a follower of Vladimir. The princes' names come from the 1196 wedding notice and later lists; their individual holdings are not pinned.

On the map: Murom's borders with the Mordvins and the Meshchera were zones of forest, not lines; the outline is a rough estimate.

Primary sources for this realm

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 Laurentian Chronicle (the Suzdal continuation kept in the late 12th and 13th centuries; manuscript 1377). The court record of Vsevolod III of Vladimir. Read online