Vsevolod I of Kiev
| Vsevolod I | |||||
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| Prince of all Rus' | |||||
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| Reign | 1078–1093 | ||||
| Predecessor | Izyaslav I | ||||
| Successor | Sviatopolk II | ||||
| Prince of Pereyaslav | |||||
| Reign | 1054–1073 | ||||
| Prince of Chernigov | |||||
| Reign | 1073–1078 | ||||
| Born | ~1030 | ||||
| Died | 13 April 1093 [aged ~63] Vyshhorod |
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| Spouse | Anastasia (?–1067) Anna, a daughter of the Cuman Khan (?–1111) |
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| Issue |
with Anastasia: Vladimir, Ionna with Anna: Eupraxia, Rostislav, Catherine, Maria |
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| Dynasty | Rurik dynasty | ||||
| Father | Yaroslav the Wise | ||||
| Mother | Ingegerd Olofsdotter (a daughter of Olof Skötkonung) | ||||
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| Vsevolod Yaroslavovich (Andrei) |
Vsevolod I Yaroslavich (Ukrainian: Всеволод I Ярославич, Old Norse: Vissivald), (1030 – 13 April 1093) ruled as Grand Prince of Kyiv from 1078 until his death.
He was the fifth and favourite son of Yaroslav I the Wise by Ingigerd Olafsdottir. He was born around 1030. On his seal from his last years, he was named "Andrei Vsevolodu" in Greek, implying that his baptismal name was Andrew.
To back up an armistice signed with the Byzantine Empire in 1046, his father married him to Byzantine Anastasia (d. 1067), who tradition holds was a daughter of Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos by his second wife (he gained the Imperial throne through his third marriage), but no reliable source has ever been found to confirm this. However, the couple's son Vladimir Monomakh bore the family name of the Roman/Byzantine emperor, giving the story credence.
Upon his father's death in 1054, he received in appanage the towns of Pereyaslav,Rostov, Suzdal, and the township of Beloozero which would remain in possession of his descendants until the end of Middle Ages. Together with his elder brothers Iziaslav and Sviatoslav he formed a sort of princely triumvirate which jointly waged war on the steppe nomads, polovtsy, and compiled the first East Slavic law code. In 1055 Vsevolod launched an expedition against the Torks who had in the previous years expelled the Pechenegs from the Pontic steppes. He also made peace with the Cumans who appeared for the first time in Europe in the same year. The Cumans invaded his principality in 1061 and routed Vsevolod in a battle. Vsevolod persuaded his brother, Iziaslav, and their distant cousin, Vseslav to join him and they together attacked the Torks in 1060.
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