Vsevolod IV of Kiev

Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich the Red or Vsevolod Chermnyi^[1][a] (died August 1212) was Grand Prince of Kiev (1203; 1206; 1207; 1208–1212).^[2] He was also Prince of Chernigov (1204–1206/1208) and Belgorod Kievsky (1205).^[2]

Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich the Red
Prince of Chernigov
Reign	1204–1206/8
Predecessor	Oleg III Svyatoslavich
Successor	Gleb Svyatoslavich of Chernigov
Died	August 1212 Chernigov
Spouse	Maria Piast of Poland, daughter of Kazimierz II the Just
Issue	Michael of Chernigov
House	Olgovichi
Father	Sviatoslav III of Kiev
Mother	Princess Maria Vasilkovna of Polotsk
Religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Family

Married: 14 October/24 December 1178/14 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][3]

Children

• Grand prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich of Kiev (c. 1185 – 20 September 1246);^[2]
• Agafia Vsevolodovna^[b] (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;^[4] wife of prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich of Pronsk.^[2]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich[2]

8. Oleg Svyatoslavich, prince of Chernigov 4. Vsevolod II Olgovich, grand prince of Kiev 9. Theophano Musalonissa 2. Sviatoslav III Vsevolodovich, grand prince of Kiev 10. Mstislav Vladimirovich, grand prince of Kiev 5. Maria Mstislavna of Kiev 11. Christine of Sweden 1. Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich 12. Sviatoslav Vseslavich, prince of Polotsk 6. Vasilko Svyatoslavich of Polotsk 3. Maria Vasilkovna of Polotsk

Notes

1. Ukrainian: Всеволод Святославич Чермний, romanized: Vsevolod Svyatoslavych Chermnyi. Russian: Вcеволод Святославич Чермный, romanized: Vsevolod Sviatoslavich Chermnyi. His baptismal name was Daniel; Ukrainian: Дани́ло, romanized: Danylo; Russian: Даниил, romanized: Daniil.
2. 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.).

References

1. Martin 2007, p. 132.
2. Dimnik, Martin. The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246.
3. http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/russia/rurik6.html
4. Dimnik, Martin op. cit. pp. 268, 296.

Bibliography

• Dimnik, Martin: The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246; Cambridge University Press, 2003, Cambridge; ISBN 978-0-521-03981-9.
• Martin, Janet (2007). Medieval Russia: 980–1584. Second Edition. E-book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-36800-4.

Vsevolod IV of Kiev Olgovichi  Died: August 1212
Preceded by Ingvar Yaroslavich	Grand Prince of Kiev 1203	Succeeded by Rurik Rostislavich
Preceded by Oleg III Svyatoslavich	Prince of Chernigov 1204–1206/1208	Succeeded by Gleb Svyatoslavich
Preceded by Rurik Rostislavich	Grand Prince of Kiev 1206	Succeeded by Rurik Rostislavich
New title	Prince of Belgorod 1206	Succeeded by Gleb Svyatoslavich
Preceded by Rurik Rostislavich	Grand Prince of Kiev 1207	Succeeded by Rurik Rostislavich
Preceded by Rurik Rostislavich	Grand Prince of Kiev 1208–1212	Succeeded by Ingvar Yaroslavich