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VASILII ROMANOVICH (? - 1482)

 
   
 

He was the son of Roman Vasil'yevich (Semyonovich?) prince of Odoyev. He became prince of Belyev in 1468. His son was Mikhail, appanage prince Belyev. The family is shown on this chart.
Belev was near Tula on the Oka river. The first mention of the place is in the chronicle for 1147 when the town entered into the Chernigiv principality. In the middle 14th cent Belyev with its surrounding lands left Chernigiv and became part of the Odoyev udel. In 1407 Odoyev and Belyev weretaken by Vitov and became part of Lithuania. In 1468 the Lithuanian-Polish government divided the Belyev lands from the Odoyev land and gave it to Vasilii Romanovich Odoyevski. In 1493, during the rule of his son, Mikhail, the territory went from Lithuania to Muscovy.

 
     

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