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Please place your
cursor over the individual names to see which are linked to individual
descriptions. Then all the princes are linked in text files to fathers
and sons, so one may move through all the family trees. Mikhail was prince of
Chernigiv from 1203 and of Novgorod between 1225 and 1229. Then he was prince
of Kyiv from 1238-40 and in 1241 during the Mongol Invasion, which he managed
to escape. He died in 1246, age 51. Under overall Mongol suzerainty the Russian
territories were divided into weaker principalities with Rurikid princes for
each. With Mikhail Vsyevolodovich the division of the Chernigiv lands continued
as individual udels were created for his sons. Here we have the descendents of
Mikhail Vsyevolodovich through his sons Mstislav, Roman and Rostislav. His
other sons are at chart. The main family ruled
Chernigiv already since the time of Svyatoslav and Oleg Svyatoslavich. Now
Mstislav ruled at Karachev, Roman ruled at Bryansk, and Rostislav held
Novgorod. Mstislav, obviously, was the most prolific of descendents. His son,
Tit (Titus), ruled in turn at Karachev, and Andrian ruled Zvenigorod. The
descriptions of these udels is given with that of the princes.
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