Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal (Golden Horde)
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Was one of the major principalities that succeeded Kievan Rus' in the late 12th century, centered in Vladimir-on-Klyazma (Russia). It was a Mongol vassal from 1238, and from 1261 a vassal of the successor state of the Mongol Empire in the region, the Golden Horde.
Establishment
- January 1261: The Mongol Empire fragmented into four political units: the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, the Yuan Dynasty and the Chagatai Khanate.
Chronology
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1. Mongol Civil Wars
Were a series of wars between the successor states of the Mongol Empire.
1.1. Toluid Civil War
Was a war of succession over the Mongol Empire fought between Kublai Khan and his younger brother, Ariq Böke, from 1260 to 1264.
1.1.1. Division of the Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire fragmented into four successor states at the beginning of the Toluid Civil War.
- January 1261: The Mongol Empire fragmented into four political units: the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, the Yuan Dynasty and the Chagatai Khanate.
2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)
- January 1265: In 1264, the territory shown on the map was incorporated into the Gorodets Principality, which existed from 1264 to 1403. The principality was ruled by Prince Yaroslav of Tver and later by his descendants, playing a significant role in the political landscape of medieval Russia.
- January 1278: The Kostroma principality returned to the Vladimir principality.
- January 1281: The Dmitrov Principality was an independent state entity between 1280 and 1334.
- January 1294: In 1293 the Grand Duke of Vladimir Dmitry Alexandrovich ceded the lands of the Kostroma principality to his brother Andrei.
- January 1301: Expansion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow by 1300.
- January 1322: After the death of Prince David of Yaroslavl in 1321, his sons, Vasily and Mikhail, divided the Yaroslavl principality. The Principality of Molozh was established. It encompassed the Mologa River basin, and its capital was the city of Mologa
Disestablishment
- January 1332: The Moscovites absorbed the Duchy of Vladimir-Suzdal by the 1320s.
Selected Sources
- Kopalyan, N. (2017): World Political Systems after Polarity, Taylor & Francis, p. 164