Gagarin family

Gagarin
Princely arms of the Gagarin family
Parent houseMonomakhovichi
CountryRussian Empire
TitlesPrince Gagarin
Style(s)His/Her Highness

The House of Gagarin (Russian: Гага́рин) is an ancient Russian princely family descending from Monomakhovichi, sovereign rulers of Starodub-on-the-Klyazma, a branch of the Rurik dynasty.[1]

Origins

Yaroslav Vsevolodovich II of Vladimir (died 1246) gave to his younger brother, Prince Ivan Vsevolodich 'kasha' (1197-1247) the appanage of Starodub. [2]

The great-great-grandson of this Prince Ivan, Prince Ivan Fedorovich, called Lapa-Golibesovskoy, had a grandson, Ivan Mikhailovich Gagara, whose descendants, the Princes Gagarin, served the Russian throne as boyars and in other distinguished positions.[3]

They were granted fiefdoms for their service to the tsar.[4] Members of the family held the title of Knyaz in the Russian Empire.[5]

Notable figures

References

  1. ^ Beshoner, Jeffrey Bruce, Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin: The Search for Orthodox and Catholic Union, University of Notre Dame Press, 2002, passim.
  2. ^ https://iahs.fudan.edu.cn/__local/F/37/82/5ABA5AA384A8254D9FFAEF1C45D_B3DF55FD_63D57C.pdf?e=.pdf
  3. ^ https://www.gagarin.com/trees/gagara_tree.pdf
  4. ^ Beshoner, Jeffrey Bruce, Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin: The Search for Orthodox and Catholic Union, University of Notre Dame Press, 2002, passim.
  5. ^ "Princes of the Russian Empire". 21 March 2018.
  6. ^ Young, George M., The Russian Cosmists, Oxford University Press, 2012, p51