Abstract
In the article are considered the origin of marriage diplomacy, which began from Kievan Rus’, when international agreements and unions refreshed by dynastic copulas. Interdynastic marriages of Rus dukes were the prime examples of political and cultural orientation of Kievan Rus’ of that epoch. Attention is paid to the changes of character of marriage diplomacy in the middle ages of Polish Crow, activity of which was determined by interests of military-landowning magnates. Therefore it was mainly headed for the settlement of disputes between the separate landowners, who on the whole defended the right to conduct «private wars», in the period between which conducted «private marriage negotiations». The important attribute of interdynastic marriage diplomacy were nobility coats of arms. Were analyzed source materials, which serve to the certificate of interdynastic marriage diplomacy of Herburts, that during two hundred fifty years period of staying in the Rus’, resulted in the bring together of family with the most mighty genus of Polish Crown and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Key words : Kievan Rus’; middle ages Polish Crown; interdynastic marriage diplomacy; nobility coats of arms; visits of politeness; kind services; dynastic marriages.
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