Sviatoslav Olgovich

Sviatoslav Olgovich
Prince of Chernigov
March to Chernigov and Sviatoslav Olgovich on his deathbed, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century)
Reign1154–1164
PredecessorIziaslav Davydovich
SuccessorSviatoslav III of Kiev
Born?
Died14 February 1164
Chernigov
HouseOlgovichi
FatherOleg I of Chernigov

Sviatoslav Olgovich[a] (died February 14, 1164) was Prince of Novgorod (1136–1138); Novgorod-Seversk (1139); Belgorod (1141–1154); and Chernigov (1154–1164). He was the son of Oleg Sviatoslavich, the prince of Chernigov, and an unnamed daughter of Aepa, a Cuman khan.[1]

After the death of their older brother, Vsevolod II, Sviatoslav and his brother Igor were driven out of Kiev by Iziaslav Mstislavich. Sviatoslav escaped, but Igor was captured and eventually killed in 1147. Sviatoslav fled to Chernigov but was ordered to relinquish his city, Novgorod-Seversk, to his cousins, Iziaslav Davidovich and Vladimir Davidovich. With the assistance of his ally, Yuri Dolgoruki, and his father-in-law, Aepa Khan, Sviatoslav began a war against his cousins, but was forced to flee to Karachev. There on January 16, 1147, Sviatoslav defeated the Davidovichi brothers.

Upon his death in 1164, his wife briefly ruled as princess regnant of Chernigov.[2]

Family

In 1108, Sviatoslav married a Cuman princess, daughter of Aepa son of Girgen, with whom he had a daughter and a son, Oleg II Svyatoslavich. In 1136 Svyatoslav married a second time, to a woman of Novgorod, who bore his famous son, Igor Sviatoslavich.

Notes

  1. ^ Russian and Ukrainian: Святослав Ольгович.

References

  1. ^ Wieczynski, Joseph L. (1976). The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History. Academic International Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-87569-064-3.
  2. ^ Raffensperger & Birnbaum 2021.

Bibliography

Primary sources

Literature

  • Dimnik, Martin. The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146-1246, 2000
  • Raffensperger, Christian; Birnbaum, David J. (2021). "N. N. Iaropolkovna. b. 1074 – d. 1158". Rusian genealogy at genealogy.obdurodon.org. Retrieved 21 July 2024.


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