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He was the son of Tit Mstislavich, appanage prince of Karachev. He was
appanage prince of Kozel'. His sons were Tit, prince
of Kozel' and Ivan Shanur, prince of Kozel'. They
are all on this family chart.
Kozel'sk was one of the more ancient villages in the Vyatichi lands. When it
was founded is not known. The first time it was mentioned in the chronicles was
for 1146 when it entered into the composition of the Chernigov-Severski lands.
In 1246 after the town was burned by the Tatars and then Mikhail Vsyevolodovich
was killed at the Horde, Kozel'sk was included in the Karachevski principality
and given to Mstislav Mikhailovich. Then Tit Mstislavich divided the land and
gave Kozel'ski udel to his sons Ivan and Fedor. In the 14th century Kozel was
taken by Lithuania. In 1408 Kozel was taken by Vasilii I Dmitriyevich and given
to the Serpukhov prince Vladimir Khrabri. But in 1445 the Lithuanians again
took Kozel. In 1448 Casimir gove it to his namestnik prince Vorotinski. Finally
in 1494 it was taken permanently by Moscow. One of Tit Mstislavich's
descendents, prince Ivan Fedorovich Gorchak was the founder of the princes
Gorchakovski.
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