List of Russian princely families
List of princely families of Russia (Russian Empire).
The list includes:
- families of «natural» Russian princely stock - descended from old Russian dynasties (Rurik Dynasty) and Lithuania (Gediminovich and others);
- families, whose princely titles were granted by Russian Emperors;
- foreign princely families naturalised in Russia;
- Russian princely families, which were granted their titles by foreign sovereigns;
Princely families[]
List of abbreviations[]
- ON - The Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- WRC - descendants of Rurik
- CCF - Grand Duchy of Finland
- G - Georgia; highlighted labor:
- GA - Abkhaz;
- SG - Gurian;
- GI - Imeretia;
- SCC - birth, erected in the princely dignity in the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (after connecting Kartli and Kakheti);
- HRS - Kartli;
- GKH - Kakheti;
- GM - Megrelian;
- HS - Svan;
- ET - birth, erected in the princely dignity Vakhtang VI of Kartli after his emigration to Russia in 1724
- Indus. - India
- Um. - Italy
- Mold. - fanariotskie Wallachia and Moldova (Bessarabia) birth;
- Olympics - The Ottoman Empire
- Prus. - Prussia
- P - Russian Empire; highlighted birth:
- RI - erected in the princely dignity of the Russian Empire until 1917;
- RM - Manchu;
- RO - Ostyak;
- RT - the princes of Tatar origin, but made to a number of Russian-princely rather than Tatar princely families identified in the list as (Tatar);
- RF - Circassian
- HRE - Holy Roman Empire
- CPU - Kingdom of Poland
A[]
- Princes Abamelek (Georgian, titular princes)
- Princes Abamelik-Lazarev
- Princes Abashidze (Georgian nobility, raised to titular princes in the Russian Empire)
- Princes Abashidze-Gorlenko
- Princes (Abkhazi)
- Princes (, Abkhazi)
- Princes (Russified family name of Princes Abamelik)
- Princes (Avalishvili) (Georgian appanage princes)
- Princes Agiashvili () (Georgian nobility)
- Princes (Tatar; non-titled, descendants of Mirza Akchura Adashev)
- Princes Amatuni
- Princes Amilakhori () (Georgian nobility, raised to titular princes in the Russian Empire)
- Princes (Amilakhori)
- Princes Amirejibi (Amirejibi, ) (Georgian appanage princes)
- Princes Andronicus (Andronikashvili) (Georgian nobility of royal descent)
- Princes Anchabadze (Achba, ) (Abkzazian royalties)
- Princes Apakidze (Georgian nobility of Tatar descent)
- Princes Argutinsky-Dolgorukov (Armenian-Georgian nobility, not related to the Dolgorukov family)
- Princes Argutinsky-Dolgorukov ()
- Princes Asatiani
- Princes Akhvlediani
B[]
- Princes (Babadishvili) (Georgian nobility)
- Princes Babichevy (a branch of the Princes of Drutsk, descendants of Prince Ivan Semyonovich Baba-Drutsky)
- Princes Bagration (Georgian royal family; descendants of the king of Kartli Jesse I)
- Princess Bagration (descendants of King Alexander of Imereti V)
- Princes (Bagration-Davitishvili)
- Princes
- His Serene Highness Prince Bagration-Imeretian
- Princes Bagration of Mukhrani (3 kinds of the family)
- Princes Bahmanov also Persidskii (Persian; descendants of the Persian Prince Bahman Mirza; a branch of the Qajar dynasty, styled His Serene Highness)
- Princes Baratashvili () (7 genera) (Georgian nobility)
- Princes Barclay de Tolly (a branch of Clan Barclay; relations of Michael Barclay de Tolly raised to titular princes of the Russian Empire in 1815)
- Princes (descendants of General Alexander Weymarn raised to Russian titular princes in 1859 as a relation to the Barclay de Tolly family)
- Princes (Tatar; descendants of Mirza Bayush Razgildyaev raised to the princely title in 1613)
- Princes Bebutov (Bebutashvili) (Georgian titular princes of Armenian origin; descended from merchants)
- Princes (Tatars raised to the princely title in Muscovy in the 17th century)
- Princes (Begtabegishvili) (3 kinds) (Georgian nobility of Armenian descent, raised to titular princes in Russia)
- Princes Berezin (non-titled Vladimir-Suzdal Rurikids, descended from Prince Konstantin Yaroslavich, the younger brother of Alexander Nevsky)
- Princes Bezborodko (descendants of Cossack Hetmanate senior ranks; the branch descended from Count Alexander Bezborodko raised to titular princes (styled as 'serene highness') in 1797)
- Princes Beznosov (non-titled Rurikids from the Monastyroyv family)
- Princes (Rurikids, a branch of the Belozersky princely family)
- Princes Beloselsky-Belozersky (Rurikids, a branch of the Belozersky princely family, rulers of the Principality of Belozero)
- Princes Bielski (two families: Gediminids and Rurikids (from the Yaroslavl branch).
- Princes Bokeev (non-titled descendants of Smolensk Rurikids)
- Princes (Rurikids of disputed descent; according to Gennady Vlasiev, they were a branch of the Princes of Zvenigorod)
- Princes () (Rurikids, descendants of the Princes of Chernigov)
- Princes Bunakov (non-titled Rurikids, descendants of the rulers of Karachev principality)
C[]
- Princes Cantacuzene
- Princes Cantacuzino (Moldavian nobility) counts Speransky
- Princes Cantemireşti (Kantemir) (a family of Moldavian voivodes descended from Tatar Kantimur-murza)
- Princes (Abkhazian)
- Princes (Tatar, non-titled; claimed descent from the Kasymov prince Chyanysh Temgenev))
- Princes Chavchavadze (3 kinds) (Georgian nobility)
- Princes (Tatar) (non-titled; descended from Chegoday-hodzha who became a Moscow vassal in the 16th century)
- Princes or (Cholokashvili)
- Princes Cherkassky () (Caucasian royalties; descended from Temryuk (mid-1500s), the grand duke of Kabarda)
- Princes (Cherkezishvili) (2 kinds) (Georgian nobility)
- Princes Chernyshevy (originated with Polish szlachta; descendants of Count Alexander Chernishov raised to titular princes, styled as 'serene highness')
- Princes (Abkhazian)
- Princes Chichua (Abkhazian nobility)
- Princes Chijavadze (Georgian nobility)
- Princes Chikovani (Georgian appanage rulers)
- Princes Chkheidze (3 branch of the family)
- Princes
- Princes
- Princes (Cholokashvili) (2 branch of the family)
- Princes Czartoryski (Gediminids) (Polish princely house)
D[]
- Princes Dabija (Moldavian nobility)
- Princes Dadeshkeliani (Georgian petty princes)
- Princes Dadiani () (Georgian appanage princes)
- Princes Dadiani ()
- Princes and the Princes of (Dadiani)
- Princes Dashkovy (Tatar; non-titled, descendants of Mirza Dashek)
- Princes Dashkovy (extinct, Rurikids, Smolensk branch)
- Princes (Tatar; descendants of Baybas-Murza Devletkildeev)
- Princes Dgebuadze (Georgian lower nobility, served to Princes Dadiani)
- Princes Diasamidze (Georgian nobility)
- Princes Diveevy (Tatar; descendants of Mirza Divey Butakov syn Mokshev, granted with rulership over Mordva by Ivan the Terrible)
- Princes Dmitriev (Dmitriev-Netshin and Dmitriev-Mamonov) (non-titled branch of Smolensk Rurikids, descended from Prince Alexander Yuryevich Netsha; Dmitriev-Mamonov branch is originated with his great-grandson, Grigory Dmitiev-Netshin, nicknamed Mamon, a courtier at the court of Ivan III.
- Princes Dolgorukov (claimed descent to Princes Obolensky)
- Princes Dondukovy (descendants of Kalmyk ruler Donduk-Ombo)
- Princes
- Princes Dondukov-Korsakov
- Princes Drutsky (princely family of disputed descent; rulers of the Principality of Drutsk)
- Princes (a branch of Princes Drutsky)
- Princes (Abkhazian)
- Princes (, 4 branch of the family)
- Princes (Orbeliani)
- Princes (Jandieri) (2 branch of the family)
E[]
- Prince (, )
- Prince (Georgian princely family claiming descent from Byzantine Emperors)
- Prince (Georgian titular princes):
- (2 branches of the family)
G[]
- Princes Gagarin (Rurikids, a branch of the Princes of Starodub)
- Princes Gagarin-Sturdza
- Princes Galitzine (Gediminids)
- Princes Galitzine
- Princes Galitzine graphs Osterman
- Princes (descendants of the Tungusian chieftain Gantimur, a vassal to China)
- Princes (Tatar, descendants of Mirza Gedian who entered vassalage to Ivan the Terrible)
- Princes (Tatar)
- Princes Gelovani (Georgian high nobility)
- Princes Genghis (3 branch of the family) (Kazakhian royal family descended from Khan Abulhair; Genghisids)
- Princes Giedroyc (Lithuanian princes, not Gediminids; claimed descent from Prince Gedrus, a relation of Grand Duke Traidenis)
- Princes (Lithuanian nobility; claimed descent from the Tatar warlord Mamai)
- Princes
- Princes
- Princes Gorchakov (officially considered Rurikids; disputed genealogy, as the Rurikid prince they claimed descent from was not confirmed by written sources)
- Princes Gruzinsky (a branch of the Bagration royal family; the offspring of King Vakhtang V)
- Princes Gruzinsky (Kakhetian branch, the offspring of King Irakli II)
- Princes Gugunava (Georgian nobility)
- Princes (Rurikids, a branch of Princes Paletsky, descended from the Princes of Starodub)
- Princes (Guramishvili) (2 kinds) (Georgian nobility)
- Princes Gurgenidze
- Princes Gurieli (Georgian appanage princes)
- Princes (Abkhazian)
H[]
- Princes Herkheulidze () (2 kinds) (Georgian nobility)
- Princes (Georgian nobility)
- Princes Hilkovy (Rurikids, a branch of the Princes of Starodub)
- Princes (Georgian nobility)
- Princes (Georgian nobility of Armenian descent)
- Princes Holm
- Princes (Gediminids)
I[]
- Princes Ilyinsky (then Prince )
- Princes
- Princes (Abkhazian)
- Princes (Tatar, non-titled; descended from Mirza Ishey Barashev))
- Princes Italsky, counts (titular princes of the Kingdom of Sardinia from Alexander Suvorov)
J[]
- Princes Japaridze
- Princes Javakhishvili ( )
- Princes Jorjadze (2 branch of the family)
K[]
- Princes ()
- Princes
- Princes (Rurikids, a branch of Princes of Rostov)
- Princes (a branch of the Obolensky family)
- Princes (Georgian nobility)
- Princes Kavkasidze
- Princes () (Tatar; non-titled, descendants of a Nogai nobleman Atmanay Urusov syn Keykuatov)
- Princes (Tatar, non-titled; descendants of Mirza Ishmamet Kildishev))
- Princes Kipiani
- Princes Kobulov (Kobulashvili)
- Princes Kochakidze
- Princes Kochubey (descendants of Vasily Kochubey, a senior rank at the Cossack Hetmanate, claiming descent from a Crimean Tatar named Kuchuk-bey of supposedly princely origin).
- Princes (a branch of the Mosalsky family, Lithuanian Rurikids)
- Princes
- Princes (Gediminids, a branch of Princes Zbararzski)
- Princes (Smolensk Rurikids)
- Princes (Chernigov Rurikids)
- Princes Kozlovsky (Smolensk Rurikids)
- Princes Kropotkin (Smolensk Rurikids)
- Princes (2 type) (Tatar; non-titled, descendants of a Tatar nobleman Kudash))
- Princes (Tatar)
- Princes (Tatar; non-titled, descendants of Kulunchak Enikeev descended from ruler of Meschera)
- Princes Kurakins (Gediminids)
- Princes Kurbsky (possibly extinct; Yaroslavl Rurikids)
- Princes
- Princes (Tatar; non-titled, descended from Mirza Never Kutkin granted with a fief in Muscovy)
- Princes (Tatar)
L[]
- Princes Lieven (from Eastern Baltic gentry of German descent; raised to titular princes by Paul I)
- Princes Lionidze
- Princes Lobanov-Rostovsky (Rurikids, a branch of the Princes of Rostov)
- Princes (from Russian gentry, raised to titular princes (serene highness) for relation to the Romanovs through marriage; extinct)
- Princes (1995)
- Princes (on the rights of primogeniture; the descendants of Nikolay Demidov, a relation of the first Lopunin prince)
- Princes Lortkipanidze
- Princess Łowicz (Łowicz)
- Princes Lubomirski (Polish magnates; titular princes of the Holy Roman Empire)
- Princes of Lutsk (historical rulers of the Principality of Lutsk, Volhynia; Rurikids)
- Princes Lvov (Yaroslavl Rurikids)
- Princes Lyapunov (non-titled descendants of Vladimir-Suzdal Rurikids)
- Princes
M[]
- Princes (Mauch)
- Princes Machutadze
- Princes ()
- Princes (Makashvili)
- Princes Maksimenishvili
- Princes Maksutov (Tatar; descendants of the princes of Kasimov)
- Princes (Tatar)
- Princes (Tatar)
- Princes Mamatova (Tatar; non-titled, descendants of Mirza Elizary Akmametievich Mamatov)
- Princes (Tatar; descendants of Mirza Mamley)
- Princes (Tatar; non-titled, descendants of Mirza Einandar Mansyrev who received an rulership over Mordva from Vasily III of Moscow)
- Princes (Georgian nobility)
- Princes Massalsky, Massalski () (Upper-Oka Rurikids, rulers of the Principality of Mosalsk)
- Princes Mavrocordato Sciot Phanariot Greeks
- Princes Melikov (Melikishvili) (3 kinds)
- Princes Menshikov (extinct titular princes of the Holy Roman Empire and Russian Empire, offspring of Alexander Menshikov, a favorite of Peter the Great)
- Princes
- Princes Meschersky (Tatar, originating with Crimean high nobility; descendants of the ruler of Meschera)
- Princes Mikadze
- Princes Mikeladze
- Princes Mingrelia (on the rights of primogeniture)
- Princes Mkheidze
- Princes Monastyryov (non-titled boyar family descended from Smolensk Rurikids)
- Princes Mourousi
- Princes Mstislavsky (Gediminids)
- Princes Musorgsky (non-titled descendants of Smolensk Rurikids, the family of composer Modest Musorgsky)
- Princes Mustafin (Tatar; descendants of tsarevich Murtaza Mustafich))
- Princes (disputed descent; officially considered Rurikids from the Tarusa princely family)
N[]
- Princes Nakashidze (Georgian nobility)
- Princes Nasedkin
- Princes (extinct Lithuanian princely family of disputed descent)
- Princes Nizharadze
- Princes Novosilski (extinct; Rurikids, rulers of the Principality of Novosil)
O[]
- Princes Obolensky (Rurikids, a branch of the Princes of Tarusa)
- Princes Obolensky- (on the rights of primogeniture; actual prince Arnaud Henry Salas-Perez dit Obolensky)
- Princes Odoyevsky (extinct; Rurikids, a branch of the Princes of Novosil)
- Princes (the rights of primogeniture)
- Princes Ogiński (Lithuanian princely family of disputed descent; claimed descent from Rurik)
- Princes Orbeliani ( ) (2 kinds)
- Princes Orlov (descendants of General Alexey Orlov, son of Fyodor Orlov, a favorite of Catherine II, raised to titular princes in 1856)
- Princes von der Osten-Sacken (Baltic German gentry, raised to titular princes in 1786)
- Princes Ostrogski (Lithuanian magnates of disputed descent)
P[]
- Princes Pagava (2 branches)
- Princes Palavandovy (Palavandishvili) (3 kinds)
- Princes Paley
- Princes Patrikeevy (historical Gediminid family, believed to be paternal to Russian Gediminids)
- Princes Pavlenishvili () (Georgian princely family of Persian royal descent)
- Princes Persidskii also Bahmanov (Persian; descendants of the Persian Prince Bahman Mirza; a branch of the Qajar dynasty, styled His Serene Highness)
- Princes of Polotsk (rulers of the Principality of Polotsk)
- Princes
- Princes Potemkin-Tavricheski (Grigory Potyomkin-Tavericheski was raised to titular princes (serene highness) by Catherine II in 1776, died childless)
- Princes (extinct; Rurikids, a branch of the princes of Starodub)
- Princes of Pronsk
- Princes Prozorovsky-Galitzine
- Princes
- Princes Putyatin (a branch of the Drutsky princely family)
- Princes Puzyna (non-titled; a family of disputed descent, claimed as descended from the Princes of Kozelsk)
R[]
- Princes Radzivill (Polish-Lithuanian magnates; titular princes of the Holy Roman Empire)
- Princes (Ratishvili)
- Princes Razumovsky
- Princes Repnin (extinct Rurikids, a branch of the Obolensky family)
- Princes
- Princes (Robitashvili)
- Princess
- Princess
- Princess
- Princess
- Princess
- Princess
- Princess
- Prince
- Prince
- Prince
- Prince
- Prince
- Princes Romodanovsky (extinct Rurikids, a branch of the Princes of Starodub)
- Princes
- Princes
- Princes (Rusishvili)
- Princes Rzhevsky (non-titled descendants of Smolensk Rurikids)
S[]
- Princes Saakadze
- Princes ()
- Prince (descendants of Count Nikolay Saltykov who received the title of serene prince in 1814)
- Princes
- Princes of San Donato (Demidov family)
- Princes (Gediminids)
- Princes Sapieha (Polish-Lithuanian magnates; in the 17th century two Sapiehas received the princely title of the Holy Roman Empire, but both died childless; the current descendants of the family use the title without due right; there is a comital line of the family, however, raised to counts of the Holy Roman Empire)
- Princes (descendants of Mansi chieftains)
- Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (German imperial counts; Pyotr Wittgenstein received the title of 'serene prince' in Russia in 1834)
- Princes (Tatar; non-titled)
- Princes (extinct; Yaroslavl Rurikids)
- Princes Shakhovsky (Yaroslavl Rurikids)
- Princes (combined name - only the eldest in the family)
- Princes Shalikov (Shalikashvili) (2 kinds)
- Princes (Abkhazian)
- Princes (Rostov Rurikids)
- Princes (Rurikids; a branch of the Obolensky family)
- Princes Shchetinin (Yaroslavl Rurikids)
- Princes (Rurikids; a branch of Princes Belozersky)
- Princes Shervashidze
- Princes (Tatar; descendants of the Tatar aristocratic clan named Shir)
- Princes Shuiskys (Suzdal Rurikids):
- Princes (Yaroslavl Rurikids; paternal to the Shamin, Golygin and Hodyryov families)
- Princes Sibirsky (formerly bore the title of princes; Genghisids)
- Princes ( Sidamonidze) (Georgian nobility)
- Princes Skryabin (non-titled descendants of Smolensk Rurikids; a branch of the Travin noble family)
- Princes () (Georgian nobility)
- Princes (Rurikids, a branch of the Zasyekin princely family)
- Princes of Starodub (Rurikids; historical rulers of the Principality of Starodub)
- Princes (Tatar; descendants of Mirza Irezen Stokasimov)
- Princess Strelna (then Princess )
- Princes () (2 kinds)
- Princes (Lithuanian princely family; disputed descent: Rurikid and Gediminid)
- Princes [[Sviatopolk-Mirsky]] (Svyatopolk-Mirsky, Swiatopolk-Mirsky, descent from Rurik; disputed by some few genealogists)[1]
T[]
- Princes (Taktakishvili)
- Princes () (2 branch of the family) (Georgian appanage princes)
- Princes Tarkovsky (with the rights of primogeniture)
- Princes (extinct; Rurikids; a branch of Princes Ryapolovsky (a branch of the Princes of Starodub)
- Princes Tatischev (non-titled descendants of Smolensk Rurikids)
- Princes
- Princes (extinct; Rurikids, descendants of the House of Tver)
- Princes (extinct; Rurikids, a branch of the princes of Rostov)
- Princes Tenishevo (2 type) (Tatar; Meschera Mirzas and Nogai Mirzas)
- Princes (Rurikids; ruler of the Principality of Tarusa; paternal to princes Koninsky, Spazhski, Myshetsky, Obolensky, and Mezetsky)
- Princes Travin (non-titled branch of Smolensk Rurikids; descended from boyar Semyon Ivanovich Trava, whose offspring were ranked as boyar scions)
- Princes
- Princes Trubetskoy (Gediminids)
- Princes Tsereteli
- Princes Tsitsishvili (Tsitsianov) (4 kinds) (Georgian high nobility)
- Princes Tsulukidze
- Princes Tumanishvili (Tumanov) (3 kinds) (Georgian appanage princes)
- Princes
- Princes ( ) (Georgian nobility)
- Princes of (historical Rurikid rulers of the Turov-Pinsk principality)
- Princes (Tusishvili) (Georgian nobility)
- Princes (an extinct branch of the Obolensky family)
U[]
- Princes of Uglich (historical Rurikids, rulers of the Uglich principality)
- Princes Ukhtomsky (Rurikids, a branch of Princes Belozersky)
- Princes Urusov (Tatar; descendants of the Nogai warlord Edygei; related to the Yusupovs))
- Princes Urman (of Norwegian decent)
V[]
- Princes Vachnadze (3 kinds)
- Princes (Rurikids, a branch of Princes Belozersky)
- Princes () (2 kinds) (Georgian nobility)
- Princes (a branch of the Durnovo family, raised to the Moscow court through a relation to the Tolstoys; General and favorite of Nikolay I, Illarion Vasilchikov, received the title of prince in 1836)
- Princes () (Georgian titular princes of Iranian descent)
- Princes (Rurikids; a branch of the Princes of Tarusa)
- Princes
- Princes Voloshin
- Princes Vorontsov (in 1845 Michael Vorontsov received the title of 'serene prince')
- Princes Vorontsov, counts Shuvalov (2 branches) (the son of Prince Michael Vorontsov, Semyon, died childless; in 1882 his maternal relation count Pavel Shuvalov was allowed using the title and arms of Princes Vorontsov)
- Princes Vorotynsky (extinct Rurikids; a branch of the House of Novosil)
- Princes Vyazemsky (Smolensk Rurikids)
W[]
- Princes of Warsaw, count Paskevich-Erivanski (descendants of Ivan Paskevich of Ukrainian Cossack origins; in 1831 he was raised to titular 'serene' princes)
- Princes Wittgenstein
Y[]
- Princes Yeletsky (non-titled descendants of the rulers of Yelets principality, Chernigov Rurikids)
- Princes Yuryevsky (descended from the illegitimate offspring of Alexander II and Ekaterina Dolgorukov; later they received the title of serene princes)
- Princes Yusupov (extinct; Tatar, descendants of the Nogai bey Yusuf-Murza (Josef), related to the Urusov family)
Z[]
- Princes (Gediminids)
- Princes (a branch of the Ostrogski family)
- Princes (possibly extinct (disputed), Yaroslavl Rurikids)
- Princes Zajączek (Polish szlachta, which itself is non-titled; in 1815 Josef Zajączek was granted the title of prince and the office of the Polish viceroy under the Russian Crown)
- Princes (Lithuanian appanage princely family of disputed descent (Gediminid or Rurikid)
- Princes (Żyżemski) (Lithuanian princes descended from Smolensk Rurikids)
- Princes Žilina
- Princes (possibly extinct; Chernigov Rurikids; descended from the rulers of the Zvenigorod principality)
- Princes Zubov (titular princes of the Holy Roman Empire and Russia: 1793, 1796; relations of Platon Zubov, the last favorite of Catherine II)
Sources[]
- ^ L'ordre de la Noblesse, vol.6, Familles d'Europe enregistrées in Ordine Nobilitatis
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