Gagarin family
The House of Gagarin (Russian: Гага́рин) is the name of a Russian princely family descending from sovereign rulers of Starodub-on-the-Klyazma.[1]
| Gagarin | |
|---|---|
 Princely arms of the Gagarin family | |
| Parent house | [citation needed] |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Titles | Prince Gagarin |
| Style(s) | His/Her Highness |
Origins
[edit]Yaroslav Vsevolodovich II of Vladimir (died 1246) gave his brother Ivan the appanage of Starodub.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] They were granted fiefdoms for their service to the tsar.[2]
Notable figures
[edit]- Prince Nikolai Sergeevich Gagarin (князь Николай Сергеевич Гагарин) (July 12, 1784 — July 25, 1842).
- Prince Grigory Grigorevich Gagarin (Григорий Григорьевич) (1810–1893).
- Prince Pavel Ivanovich Gargarin (1798–1860?), father of philosopher Nikolai Fedorov[3]
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to House of Gagarin.
- The Princely House of Gagarin History & Genealogy
- (in Russian) Gagarin genealogy
- (in Russian) Biography of Gregory Gregorivich - painter
- ^ Beshoner, Jeffrey Bruce, Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin: The Search for Orthodox and Catholic Union, University of Notre Dame Press, 2002, passim.
- ^ Beshoner, Jeffrey Bruce, Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin: The Search for Orthodox and Catholic Union, University of Notre Dame Press, 2002, passim.
- ^ Young, George M., The Russian Cosmists, Oxford University Press, 2012, p51