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Vsevolod IV of Kiev

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Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich the Red
Prince of Chernigov
Reign1204–1206/8
PredecessorOleg III Svyatoslavich
SuccessorGleb Svyatoslavich of Chernigov
DiedAugust 1212
Chernigov
Spousedaughter of Kazimierz II the Just
IssueMichael of Chernigov
HouseOlgovichi
FatherSviatoslav III of Kiev
MotherMaria Vasilkovna of Polotsk

Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich the Red (Russian: Вcеволод Святославич Чермный, romanizedVsevolod Svyatoslavich Chermnyi) or Vsevolod Chermnyi[1] (died August 1212) was Grand Prince of Kiev (1203; 1206; 1207; 1208–1212). He was also Prince of Chernigov (1204–1206/1208) and Belgorod Kievsky (1205).[2] His baptismal name was Daniil.[2]

Family

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Married: 14 October/24 December 1178[citation needed]/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.[2]

Children

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  • Grand prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich of Kiev (c. 1185 – 20 September 1246);[2]
  • Agafia Vsevolodovna[a] (died 7 February 1238), wife of Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich of Vladimir;[2]
  • 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;[3] wife of prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich of Pronsk.[2]

Ancestors

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ The chronicles do not give her name but historians generally agree that she was called Agafia; it has also been suggested that Agafia was her monastic name, but this is unlikely as she died with members of her family in the Cathedral of the Assumption to which the Tatars set fire while storming Vladimir (Dimnik, Martin op. cit. 268.)
  1. ^ Martin 2007, p. 132.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Dimnik, Martin. The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246.
  3. ^ Dimnik, Martin op. cit. pp. 268, 296.

Bibliography

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Vsevolod IV of Kiev
 Died: August 1212
Preceded by Grand Prince of Kiev
1203
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prince of Chernigov
1204–1206/1208
Succeeded by
Preceded by Grand Prince of Kiev
1206
Succeeded by
New title Prince of Belgorod
1206
Succeeded by
Preceded by Grand Prince of Kiev
1207
Succeeded by
Preceded by Grand Prince of Kiev
1208–1212
Succeeded by