Principality of Murom
| Principality of Murom | |||||
| Муромское княжествоо (Old East Slavic) | |||||
| Personal union with the Principality of Ryazan | |||||
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| Capital | Murom | ||||
| Languages | Official language: Old East Slavic |
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| Religion | Official religion: Orthodox |
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| Government | monarchy | ||||
| Legislature | Prince | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1127 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1392 | |||
| Currency | Grivna | ||||
| Today part of |
 Russia
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The Principality of Murom was a medieval Rus' lordship based on the city of Murom, now in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. Murom lay in an area that was strongly Finno-Ugric for much of its medieval history, located in the homeland of the Muromians. It appears to have been an important Finnic settlement in the ninth-century, with an archaeologically noticeable Scandinavian presence from the tenth-century, as evidenced by Frankish swords, a tortoiseshell brooch and a sword chape.
The Primary Chronicle alleges that Murom came under Rus' control in the eighth-century.Gleb Vladimirovich, son of Vladimir the Great, ruled the principality in the early eleventh-century. Murom was part of the territory of the Principality of Chernigov in the late eleventh-century, controlled by the Sviatoslavichi clan, the descendants of Iaroslav the Wise; probably it was retained by Vsevolod Iaroslavich even after this Prince of Chernigov became Grand Prince in 1076.
Oleg Sviatoslavich, grandson of Iaroslav and Prince of Chernigov, ruled Murom through a posadnik in the early 1090s, and it was recognised as Oleg's sphere of influence at the Liubech Conference of 1097. Here Oleg's brother Davyd was made co-ruler of Chernigov, and Oleg's lands were parcelled out between Oleg, Davyd and their brother Iaroslav; the latter obtained Murom with Ryazan.
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