Igor Svyatoslavich
Template:Infobox royalty Igor SvyatoslavichTemplate:Efn (3 April 1151 – Template:Circa),[1][2][3] nicknamed the Brave, was Prince of Novgorod-Seversk (1180–1198) and Prince of Chernigov (1198–1201/1202).[2][4]
Life
The son of Sviatoslav Olgovich, prince of Chernigov, in 1169 Igor took part in the war against Mstislav Iziaslavich of Kyiv on the side of Andrey Bogolyubsky. In order to counter Cuman raids on the lands of southern Rus', in 1185 he organized a campaign against the nomads, without the knowledge of the Grand Prince of Kyiv. After an initial victory, Igor's army was surrounded on the Template:Ill in modern-day eastern Ukraine. The prince himself was captured, but managed to escape. After Igor's defeat the Cumans raided the Pereiaslav region.[5]
In culture
Igor's defeat from the Cumans is the subject of the epic Lay of Igor's Campaign, whose central theme is the fate of Rus' territories during the period of feudal division between various princes. The work describes in detail Igor's preparations for the campaign and the course of the three-day battle between Rus' forces and the nomads. The text is concluded with a praise of the prince, his younger brother and comrade-in-arms Vsevolod Sviatoslavich, as well as his son Volodymyr.[6]
Marriage and children
Before 1170: Euphrosyne (possibly)Template:Efn Yaroslavna, the second daughter of prince Yaroslav Osmomysl of Halych by his first wife Olga Yuryevna of Kiev[2]
- Prince Vladimir Igorevich of Halych (October 8, 1170 – 1211 or after)[2]
- Unnamed Igorevna (1171/1173 – after 1196), wife of David Olegovich[2]
- Oleg Igorevich (b. 1174) died at an early age[2]
- Prince Svyatoslav III Igorevich of Vladimir-in-Volhynia (1176 – September, 1211)[2]
- Prince Roman II Igorevich of Halych (1177/1179 – September, 1211)[2]
Ancestors
See also
Notes
References
Sources
- Dimnik, Martin: The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246; Cambridge University Press, 2003, Cambridge; Template:ISBN.
- Jellinek, George: History through the Opera Glass: From the Rise of Caesar to the Fall of Napoleon; Proscenium Publishers Inc., 2000, New York; Template:ISBN.
- Vernadsky, George: Kievan Russia; Yale University Press, 1948, New Haven and London; Template:ISBN.
- Zenkovsky, Serge A.: Medieval Russia’s Epics, Chronicles and Tales; Penguin Group, 1974; Template:ISBN.
- Dimnik, Martin. Battle of Kayala River (1185).The Encyclopedia of War 2011
- Anatoly Vorony. In Search of the River Kayala. Day, Kiev. 12 December, 2000
- Alexander IlYIN. SECRET OF THE BATTLE ON THE KAYALA RIVER. «VREMYA», Tuesday March 13 2001
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- ↑ A number of historians claim Igor died in 1202; he most probably died in the spring of 1201, because most chronicles place the news of his death as the first entry for the year; Dimnik, Martin op. cit p. 237.
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