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Vsevolod IV of Kiev

FieldValue
nameVsevolod IV Svyatoslavich the Red
imageВсеволод III Чермный.png
captionVsevolod IV imprisons his son Mikhail in Pereyaslavl
successionPrince of Chernigov
reign11204–1206/8
predecessor1Oleg III Svyatoslavich
successor1Gleb Svyatoslavich of Chernigov
houseRurik
fatherSviatoslav III of Kiev
motherPrincess Maria Vasilkovna of Polotsk
religionEastern Orthodox Christianity
spouseMaria Piast of Poland, daughter of Kazimierz II the Just
issueMichael of Chernigov
death_date1212 or September 1215
death_placeChernigov

Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich the Red or Vsevolod Chermnyi (died August 1212) was Grand Prince of Kiev (1203; 1206; 1207; 1208–1212). He was also Prince of Chernigov (1204–1206/1208) and Belgorod (1205).

Reign

In 1183 and 1191 Vsevolod took part in campaigns against Cumans. Around 1204, likely after the death of his brother Oleg Sviatoslavich, he became the ruler of Chernigov. In 1206 Vsevolod usuccessfully fought against Rurik Rostislavich and Mstislav Romanovich for the Kyivan throne.

Family

Married: 14 October/24 December 1178/14 November 1179: Maria (renamed Anastasia after her marriage), a daughter of Duke Casimir II of Poland by his wife Helen of Znojmo, a Přemyslid princess.

Children

  • Grand prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich of Kiev (c. 1185 – 20 September 1246);
  • Agafia Vsevolodovna (died 7 February 1238), wife of Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich of Vladimir;
  • Vera Vsevolodovna. On the other hand, Martin Dimnik does not refer to Aleksandr Glebovich as Vsevolod Svyatoslavich's son-in-law and he states that Vsevolod Svyatoslavich had two daughters; wife of prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich of Pronsk.

Ancestors

Notes

References

Bibliography

  • Dimnik, Martin: The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246; Cambridge University Press, 2003, Cambridge; .

References

  1. (1993). "Vsevolod Sviatoslavych Chermny".
  2. Dimnik, Martin. "The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246".
  3. (1993). "Vsevolod Sviatoslavych Chermny".
  4. "Rurikids 6".
  5. ''Dimnik, Martin op. cit. pp. 268, 296.''
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