Sunday, February 24, 2013

Vsevolod IV

From Wikipedia

Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich the Red (Russian: Вcеволод Святославич Чермный) (died August 1212) was a Rus' prince (a member of the Rurik dynasty). His baptismal name was Daniil.  He was grand prince of Kiev (1203, 1206, 1207, 1208–1212); he was also prince of Chernigov (1204–1206/1208) and of Belgorod (1205).

He was one of the most successful senior princes of the Olgovichi (the ruling dynasty of Chernigov): while he was senior prince, they for the first time established their rule over lands stretching from Halych through Kiev and Pereyaslavl to Chernigov.

Marriage and children

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



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The Holy Saviour Cathedral of Chernihiv (1030s)


As the former prince of Chernigov he was interred inside the Holy Saviour Cathedral.

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