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Gagarin family

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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

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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.[1] Members of the family held the title of Knyaz in the Russian Empire.[4]

Notable figures

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References

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  1. ^ a b Beshoner, Jeffrey Bruce, Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin: The Search for Orthodox and Catholic Union, University of Notre Dame Press, 2002, passim.
  2. ^ "Appanage Russia in the 12-13th century: the age of division and defeat. Cultural heritage of the pre-Mongolian period" (PDF). iahs.fudan.edu.cn.
  3. ^ "One moment, please..." (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-05-31. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
  4. ^ "Princes of the Russian Empire". 21 March 2018.
  5. ^ Young, George M., The Russian Cosmists, Oxford University Press, 2012, p51
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