Odoevskii

Odoevskii 

a Russian princely family of the Rurik line.

The family was descended from the Chernigov prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich, whose grandson, prince Roman Semenovich Novosil’skii, transferred the capital of the principality from Novosil’e to Odoev, thus becoming the first appanage prince Odoevskii. In 1407, during the reign of the son of Prince Roman Semenovich, Odoev was captured by the Lithuanians. Soon after, however, the Odoevskii family separated from Lithuania and subordinated itself to the rule of Ivan III.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, there were 13 boyars of the Odoevskii family, including N. I. Odoevskii. In the 18th and 19th centuries members of the Odoevskii family held high administrative and military posts. The Decembrist poet A. I. Odoevskii was a descendant of the family. The line ended in 1869 upon the death of V. F. Odoevskii, who was an author, public figure, and music critic.

REFERENCES

Rodoslovnaia kniga kniazei i dvorian rossiiskikh i vyezzhikh …, kotoraia izvestna pod nazvaniem Barkhatnoi knigi, parts 1–2. [Edited by N. I. Novikov.] Moscow, 1787.
Vlas’ev, G. A. Potomstvo Riurika, vol. 1, part 1. Moscow, 1906.

IU. B. SHMAROV