The Kobuzev family (also spelled: Kobyzev, Kobozev, Kobzev; Russian: Кобузевы, originally spelled: Кобузёвы) is an ancient Russian noble family descended from Ryazanian boyar scions.
History The family's name stems from the name of the founder – Kobuz. Kobuz was a personal male Slavic Pagan name meaning 'hawk'.. The name has Lechitic origins. In the form of Kobus it is still found in Pomerania. Poles still refer to the Eurasian hobby as 'kobuz' (pronounced as kobus). As a personal name or a nickname, Kobuz (Russian: Кобуз, Кобузь) is found in written sources of the region of the Oka river, particularly the area of Ryazan.See: Оленев М.Б. Старославянские имена и прозвища Рязанской земли (по данным переписных книг Старорязанского стана Переяславль-Рязанского уезда К.С.Воронцова-Вельяминова 1629/30 и 1636 гг.). Май-июнь 2001 г. However, it is uncertain what status the family's progenitor had, while the Kobuzev family appears by the late 15th – early 16th centuries in the surviving written sources already with their last name and members of the local landed aristocracy.
The earliest Kobuzev mentioned so far was 'Vasily Ananyin syn Kobuzev' (meaning: Vasily, son of Ananiy of the Kobuzev family), mentioned in 1491 as a witness on a report to the boyar of the Grand Duke of Ryazan Ivan IV of Ryazan, Ivan Ivanovich 'Inka' Izmaylov,Цепков А.И. Свод письменных источников по истории Рязанского края 14-17 вв. Том 1. С. 510 who was then the viceroy in Pereyaslavl of Ryazan and the commander of the Ryazanian troop.Веселовский С.Б. Исследования по истории опричнины. М., 1963. С. 388.
In 1514, Semyon Ivanov syn Kobuzev was mentioned in (now extinct town of the Principality of Dmitrov, appanage domain of the Duchy of Vladimir-Suzdal) as a witness () on a deed of land purchase of the .Акты русского государства, 1505 - 1526 гг. /Академия наук СССР. Институт истории СССР, Институт русского языка; Сост. С. Б. Веселовский; Ред. кол.: А. А. Новосельский, Л.В. Черепнин (отв. ред.) и др. -М. :Наука,1975. С. 117 In 1524, his brother, Afanasy Ivanov syn Kobuzev was mentioned as a witness on a deed of land exchange.Акты русского государства, 1505 - 1526 гг. /Академия наук СССР. Институт истории СССР, Институт русского языка; Сост. С. Б. Веселовский; Ред. кол.: А. А. Новосельский, Л. В. Черепнин (отв. ред.) и др. -М.: Наука,1975. С. 243, 245
By the 17th century the Kobuzev family of Ryazan had at least two allods: the village of Timofeevo (Andreevskoe), sold to the Birkin family in 1601, and the village of Tyutkosvoe, passed to the Likharyov family for overdue mortgage, in Perevitsky stan (now: the district of Zaraysk, Moscow oblast).
The Kobuzev family served to both the Grand Dukes of Ryazan and the Ryazanian archbishops. In the late 16th century, with the establishment of the unified Moscow government, the family began to serve to the Dukes of Moscow. The Kobuzev family is mentioned in all of the surviving Ryazanian lists of serving gentry (): 1604, 1648, and 1676.
Already in the 16th century some of the family members served as Cossacks. In 1551, Ivan the Terrible moved the entire garrison of to the east to provide military forces for the new citadel of Sviyazhsk for his campaign against Kazan. One of the Sviyazhsk Cossack atamans was Alexey Kobyzev, who led a Cossack troop in a battle with the Chuvashy in 1552.Мининков Н.А. Донское казачество в эпоху позднего средневековья (до 1671). Ростов, 1998. С. 343 The battle was lost and the Cossacks had 70 men fallen.
Family tree
Zaraysk branch Timofey Kobuzev, lord of Tymofeeyvskaya hamlet, Perevitsky stan, Ryazan Fyodor Timofeevich Kobuzev Semyon Fyodorovich (d. before 1600), m. Daria Semyon Semyonoivich Jury Semyonovich (circa 1600-after 1648), Ryazan and Efremov boyar scion, lord of the manor at Golubochki (Storozhevoye) hamlet, Efremov district Anisim Juryevich Kobyzev (circa 1640-after 1685), Efremov boyar scion, landlord at Golubochki-Storozhevoye Larion Anisimovich Hariton Larionovich Filat Juryevich Josef (Osip) Filatovich Filat Osipovich Grigory Osipovich Fedot (Fyodor) Filatovich Larion Fyodorovich, mentioned in 1567/68, boyar scion of Ryazan bishop, lord of Murmino hamlet Ivan Fyodorovich, boyar scion of Ivan the Terrible, lord of the manor at Novosyolki-Inyakino, Perevitsky stan, Ryazan Grigory Ivanovich, landlord at Novosyolki-Inyakino Sila (Silanty) Grigoryevich, Ryazan boyar scion, mentioned in the 1648 desyatnya of Ryazan Vasily Grigoryevich Dmitry Grigoryevich Nikita (Mitka) Ivanovich, landlord at Novosyolki-Inyakino Jakov Nikitich, m. Akilina; landlord at Novosyolki-Inyakino Fedot (Fyodor) Jakovlevich, m. Melanya Semyonovna ; landlord at Novosyolki-Inyakino Klementy (Klim) Fedotovich, porutchik, landlord at Novosyolki-Inyakino Timofey Fedotovich Avdotya Fedotovna, m. Rodion Sofia Fedotovna, m. Isay Tregubov Roman Jakovlevich Ignat Jakovlevich Anisim Jakovlevich Pyotr Jakovlevich, m. Ekaterina. Prohor Petrovich (d. after 1740), m. Aksinya Trofimovna Veselkina. Landlord at Novosyolki-Inyakino, Prudky and Plutalovo, Zaraysk district. Pyotr Prohorovich (d. before 1801), landlord at Argunovo, Zaraysk Aleksey Petrovich (d. after 1803), clerk at St. Peter fortress on the Siberian line. Iona Prohorovich, m. Natalia Afanasyevna; landlord at Argunovo, Zaraysk Vasily Prohorovich Eufimy (Euphemius) Petrovich, m. Anna Fyodorovna Pryamoglyadova. Mikhail Eufimyevich, mentioned as 'nobleman', landlord of Zaraysk district. Mikhail Jakovlevich Maxim Jakovlevich Nikita Jakovlevich (1667-after 1722), praporschik of a dragoon regiment, landlord at Novosyolki-Inyakino Dementy Jakovlevich Mokey Nikitich, boyar scion, mentioned in the 1648 Ryazan desyatnya; landlord at Novosyolki-Inyakino Semyon Ivanovich, landlord at Novosyolki-Inyakino Ivan Semyonovich, boyar scion, mentioned in the 1648 Ryazan desyatnya; landlord at Novosyolki-Inyakino Vasily Ivanovich, landlord at Argunovo, Zaraysky district Panfil Vasilyevich (d. before 1754) Maria Panfilovna, m. corporal Roman Plutalov Artemy Ivanovich, dragoon, landlord at Novosyolki-Inyakino Praskovia Artemyevna, m. Nikolay Astafiev Anna Ivanovna Pyotr Fyodorovich, boyar scion, lord of the manor at Ontonyevy Novosyolki, Perevitsky stan, Ryazan Vasily Fyodorovich Larion Timofeevich Kobuzev, boyar scion, lord of manor at Argunovo, Perevitsky stan, Ryazan Ivan Timofeevich Kobuzev, boyar scion, lord of manor at Argunovo Lukyan Ivanovich, boyar scion, lord of the manor at , Zaraysk
Pronsk branch Alexander (Olyosha) Safonovich Kobuzev (d. before 1648), boyar scion, landlord at Hodynino and Duryshkino, Kamensky stan, Ryazan (later, Pronsk district) Ivan Alexandrovich Kobuzev (d. after 1648), Ryazan boyar scion, in the court list of the 1648 desyantya, landlord at Duryshkino, Kamensky stan, Ryazan Andrey Ivanovich, m. Varvara Ivanovna Smerdova Akilina Andreevna (d. 1749), m. Ignaty Petrovich Borodavkin Avdotya Andreevna, m. Artemy varlamovich Jakovlev Grirgory Ivanovich, m. Agrafena; boyar scion, took part in the as an officer, wounded in 1679 at battlefield Semyon Grigoryevich, m. Vassa (Vasilisa) Nikonovna (Nikiforovna); soldier at Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment. Matryona Ivanovna, m. Mikhail Aksinya Ivanovna
Kobuzev-Kunakovsky Larion Fyodorovich Kobuzev (Russian: Ларя Федоров сын Кобузев), boyar scion of the Bishop of Ryazan, lord of the manor at Murmino. Mentioned, 1567/68. Nazar Logvinovich Kobuzev-Kunakovsky (circa 1580-after 1604), boyar scions of the bishop of Ryazan. In 1604 he was enrolled with the tsar's boyar scions. Landlord at Tarasovka, Perevitsky stan, Ryazan. Savva (Savely) Nazarovich Kobuzev-Kunakovsky, m. Maria. Landlord at Tarasovka Anton Savvich Kobuzev-Kunakovsky Fyodor Antonovich Kunakovsky Gavrila Savvich Kobuzev-Kunakovsky Rodion Savvich Kobuzev-Kunakovsky Grigory Savvich Kobuzev-Kunakovsky
Proof of nobility
In 1801 one of the Zaraysk Kobuzev family's descendants attempted to prove nobility through his ancestry's landholding status. Due to the reforms started
by Peter the Great, who introduced new social estates, including dvoryanstvo, noble status in the Russian Empire could not be automatically inherited, and if not gained via the Table of Ranks, it should be proved that one's ancestry had noble status. In 1785, Catherine II introduced a Charter for nobility that suggested a list of indications of the 'ancient noble family' status.
Aleksey Petrovich Kobyzev, the son of Pyotr Prohorovich Kobuzev, a landlord of Argunovo hamlet, Zaraysk district, served at on the (now the city of Petropavl, Kazakhstan) as a 13th class commissary of the Commisariat staff,Комиссариатский штат which did not allows of getting the official noble status. In 1801 he attempted to prove nobility of his family by approaching the noble assembly of the Ryazan governorate asking them to research the nobility of his father's family in the archives. The case took three years. The assembly failed to find anything on the family in the archives, apart from that his father actually owned a manor at Argunovo. However, it wasn't enough and the noble assembly rejected to accept Aleksey Kobuzev in Ryazanian nobility. Thus, the family was not included to the genealogical book of Ryazan, as was then required for families claiming hereditary nobility through their ancestry. The file containing the investigation of Aleksey's case is currently at the State Archive of the Ryazan Oblast (fonds 98, series 16, file 5).Дело о дворянстве рода Алексея Петровича Кобызева//Государственный Архив Рязанской области. Фонд 98, опись 16. дело 5.
Some historical landed estates Timofeevo (Andreevskoe; Russian: деревня Тимофеевская Андреевское тож), a village in Perevitsky stan (now Zaraysky District, Moscow Oblast), on the Osyotrik river, the righthand tributary of the Osyotr river, namely at the mouth of its tributary, a small river called Yamna.Анпилогов Г.Н. Рязанская писцовая приправочная книга конца XVI века. М., 1982. С. 43. This village is now extinct. It was purchased by Timofey (Vasilyevich?) Kobuzev circa 1530s. In the late 16th century the half of the village was state-owned and allotted in fiefdom to various gentry. Half of the village was shared by the Kobuzevs and the Birkins. In 1601 the village was completely bought up by the Birkin family.1601/2 Купчая Ивана Васильева сына Биркина у Василия Федорова сына, Федора, Григория, Семена Ивановых детей Кобузевых на жеребий пуст. Тимофевское Невеловский починок Андреевское на речке Осетреце в Перевицком стане Рязанского уезда//Цепков А. Свод письменных источников по истории Рязанского края 14-17 вв. Том 1. С. 16//РГАДА. Ф. 1209. Оп. 1. Кн. 405. Л. 696, 697 об. Tyutkosvkoe (Russian: Тютковское), a village in Perevitsky stan, an allod. In 1649, passed to the Likharyov family for overdue mortgage1649 г. февраля 27 - апреля 20. — Дело о записи за рязанскими детьми боярскими Иваном Меньшим и Петром Федоровыми детьми Лихарева по просроченной закладной кабале вотчины Юрия Семенова сына Кобузева половины пуст. Тютковское в Перевицком ст. Рязанского у. Staroe Kobusevo (Russian: Старое Кобузева; extinct) a village in the area of Likhvin (now Chekalin, Tula oblast), the Duchy of Odoyev; an allod, owned by the family until the late 1400s. Kobuzevo (Trufanovo), Gorodsky stan, Uglich uyezd.Писцовые книги XVI века. Отделение II. Местности губерний: Ярославской, Тверской, Витебской, Смоленской, Калужской, Орловской, Тульской. С-Петербург, 1877. С. 26.