Vasilko Rostislavich

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Rostislavich.

Vasilko Rostislavich (Ukrainian: Василько Ростиславич, romanized: Vasylko Rostyslavych; Russian: Василько Ростиславич; c. 1066 – 1124) was a prince of Kievan Rus' and member of the Rurik dynasty. He was the first Prince of Terebovl' from 1092.^[1] His Byzantine-style blinding was very unusual among the Rurik dynasty.^[2]

Life

He was the third son of Rostislav Vladimirovich, the prince of Tmutarakan.^[3] The historian Martin Dimnik writes that Vasilko's mother was Lanka, a daughter of King Béla I of Hungary.^[4]

The Blinding of Vasylko. Miniature of Radzivil chronicle of the 15th century

In November 1097, the Prince David Igorevich [ru] of Volhynia and Prince Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich of Kiev captured and blinded Vasilko Rostislavich, whom Sviatopolk had tricked into coming to Kiev. Thus, the agreements reached at an earlier meeting of the princes at the Council of Liubech were broken and war ensued.

See also

• Council of Liubech
• Council of Uvetichi

References

1. Vasylko Rostyslavych in Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993).
2. Radical traditionalism : the influence of Walter Kaegi in late antique, Byzantine, and medieval studies. Christian Raffensperger, David Michael Olster, Walter Emil Kaegi. Lanham, Maryland. 2019. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-4985-8486-9. OCLC 1057307697.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
3. Dimnik 1994, p. Table 2.
4. Dimnik 1994, p. 60.

Sources

• Rostyslavych Vasylko / Ukrainians in the world
• Bárány, Attila (2012). "The Expansion of the Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages (1000–1490)". In Berend, Nóra (ed.). The Expansion of Central Europe in the Middle Ages. Ashgate Variorum. pp. 333–380. ISBN 978-1-4094-2245-7.
• Dimnik, Martin (1994). The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1054–1146. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. ISBN 0-88844-116-9.
• Vernadsky, George (1972). A History of Russia, Volume II: Kievan Russia. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-01647-6.

External links

• Vasylko Rostyslavych in Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993).