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He was the second son of
Vasilii Romanovich, appanage prince of Sugor. He
became appanage prince of Shyelyeshpansk. His son was Ivan, prince of
Shyelyeshpansk. The family is shown on this chart.
The Shyelyeshpanski udel was divided out of
the Sugorovski udel in the second half of the 14th century. Afanasii received
the southern part of the votchina, the center of which was the village
Shelyshpan'. But Afanasii was not only the first but also the last independent
ruler of this udel. His son, Ivan went into Muscovite service. His descendent,
prince Andrei Yur'yevich Sheleshpanski, was a service prince at the court of
Ivan III, who supported the grand princess Yelena Ivanovich on her journey to
Vilnus. The independence of the Sheleshpanski udel ended about 1390, but the
Sheleshpanski princely family lasted into the 17th century.
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