The place of Starodub Rurikovich in the service class of the Moscow state in the second third of the 16th century

Sergeev Anton Vadimovich

The Article is devoted to determining the degree of participation in political events, the nature of land ownership of the Starodub Rurikovich, finding out the number and social status of surnames. It is established that in the first half of the XVI century, most of the princes of Starodubsky occupied a low position in the official and social hierarchy. The social status of the surnames of this branch changed back to seniority in the "pedigree ladder". Almost all Starodubsky rurikovichi kept land connections with the "family nest".

Keywords:princes of Starodub, social status, service, land ownership, mestnichestvo, sovereign's court