Vsevolod I Yaroslavich
| 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 (Russian: Всеволод I Ярославович, Ukrainian: Всеволод I Ярославич, Old Norse: Vissivald), (1030 – 13 April 1093) ruled as Grand Prince of Kiev 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 Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos in 1046, his father married Vsevolod to a Byzantine princess, who according to tradition was named Anastasia or Maria. That the couple's son Vladimir Monomakh bore the family name of the Byzantine emperor, suggests she was a member of his close family, but no contemporary evidence attests to a specific relationship and accounts of the Emperor give him no such daughter.Template:Kazhdan
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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