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He was the son of Yuri Mikhailovich, appanage prince of Taruss. He was
prince of Volkonsk. His son was Yuri, prince
Volkonski. They are shown in this family chart.
The capital of the Volknonski udel was the small fortress town Volkon on the
Volkona river in the Aleksinski uezd of Kaluga region. After the death in 1246
of Prince Yuri Mikhilovich, appanage prince of Tarussk, his son, Ivan, moved to
the Volkon river where he received a votchina, which when separated from the
Tarussk appanage began to be known as the Volkonski udel. The udel princes
Volkonski were eliminated at the end of the15th century since at the beginning
of the16th century the Princes Volkonski did not have rights as political
rulers but had landowners rights to their votchinas.
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