Vsevolod IV of Kiev
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Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich the Red (Russian: Вcеволод Святославич Чермный, romanized: Vsevolod 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]
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Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich the Red | |
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Prince of Chernigov | |
Reign | 1204–1206/8 |
Predecessor | Oleg III Svyatoslavich |
Successor | Gleb Svyatoslavich of Chernigov |
Died | August 1212 Chernigov |
Spouse | daughter of Kazimierz II the Just |
Issue | Michael of Chernigov |
House | Olgovichi |
Father | Sviatoslav III of Kiev |
Mother | Maria Vasilkovna of Polotsk |
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.[2] Architectural and circumstantial evidence suggest that he initiated building projects in Chernigov: he sent an artel’ (a team of builders) to the town where it built the Church of St. Paraskeva Pyatnisa between 1211 and 1214.[2]