Principality of Belyov
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| conventional_long_name = Principality of Belyov
| common_name = Belyov
| native_name = {{native name|ru|Белёвское княжество}}
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| symbol_type =
| image_map = Upper Oka Principalities (13th-14th century).png
| capital = Belyov
| religion = Russian Orthodoxy
| government_type = Monarchy
| legislature =
| status = Principality
| year_end = 1562
| year_start = 1430s
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| common_languages = Russian
| title_leader =
| year_leader1 = ?-? (first)
| leader1 = Mikhail Vasilievich Belyovsky
| year_leader2 = 1558-1562 (last)
| leader2 = Dmytro Ivanovych Vyshnevetsky
| p1 = Novosilsky principality
| s1 = Tsardom of Russia
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| p2 = Odoyevsky principality
| flag_s1 = Seal_of_Ivan_4_1539_a.svg
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Principality of Belyov was one of the Upper Oka Principalities from the 1430s to 1562. Town Belyov was centre of the principality.
History
In the 1420s, Belyovsky and Vorotynsky udels arose from Novosilsky-Odoyevsky principality. Since 1427, Princes of Belyov were underlings of Lithuania.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
After 1432, Belyovsky udel became principality of Belyov. In 1437, a fighting happened near Belyov. Later the principality was underling of Moscow, but in the middle of the 15th yearhundred it came back to Lithuania. In 1492, Principality of Belyov became a land of Moscow forever. The last prince of Belyov was Dmytro Ivanovych Vyshnevetsky, who lost his right to the principality in 1562.{{Cite web |title=Кузнєцов О.Ю. "Князь Д.И. Вишневецкий - последний владелец Белева" - Українське козацтво - Історія України - Каталог статей - Історія та гуманітарні дисципліни |url=https://ukrhist.at.ua/publ/15-1-0-422 |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=ukrhist.at.ua}}