Andrei Ivanovich Kobyla (Russian: Андрей Иванович Кобыла; died after 1347)[1] was a boyar and the earliest-known agnatic ancestor of the Romanov dynasty of Russian tsars and many Russian noble families.
Biography
editAndrei Kobyla was documented in contemporary Russian chronicles only once, in 1347,[1][2] when he was sent by Simeon of Moscow to Tver with the purpose of meeting Simeon's bride, who was a daughter of Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver. Neither his pedigree nor exact position at court are known, hence speculation abounds.[3]
Later generations assigned to Kobyla the most illustrious pedigrees. They first claimed that he had arrived in Moscow in 1341 from Prussia,[3] where his father, Glanda Kambila, was a famous Prussian holdout against the conquest of Balts by the Teutonic knights. Teutonic Order records do speak of a rebel named Glande.[citation needed]
In the late 17th century, after the Romanov's elevation to Russia's ruling dynasty, this origin story was replaced by a more grandiose lineage. A fictional line giving Andrei Kobyla's descent from Julius Caesar was published. 16th-century genealogies mention five of Andrei's sons: Simeon Zherebets, Alexander Yolka, Vasily Vantey, Gavrila Gavsha, and Fyodor Koshka.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b Payne, Robert; Romanoff, Nikita (1 October 2002). Ivan the Terrible. Cooper Square Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-4616-6108-5.
- ^ Colby, Frank Moore; Williams, Talcott (1922). The New International Encyclopædia. Dodd, Mead and Company. p. 110.
- ^ a b . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
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