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Vsevolod Mstislavich

b. unknown – d. 1137 [1]

Father

Mstislav “Harald” Vladimirich [2]

Mother

Kristin Ingesdottir of Sweden [3]

Titles

Marriages

It is clear from multiple chronicle sources that Vsevolod M′stislavič married in 1123, but who he married is just as unclear. [10] The NPL, NČL, and Nikon chronicles all record Vsevolod’s marriage in Novgorod, where he was ruling, in that year. Similarly, there are records for the birth of a son, Ioann, a few years later, and then that son’s death in 1128. [11] The name of a wife or even the hint of a wife’s name never appears in any of the chronicles. However, Baumgarten, following Zotov, lists her as a daughter of Svjatoslav Davydič of Černihiv. [12] This is purely conjectural, as far as I can determine, based upon a close reading of the progress of names in the chronicle entry. As such, I simply do not believe that it can be substantiated as there is no primary source evidence for her identity. It is clear that there was a woman involved, but her identity is simply unknown. [13]

Footnotes

  1. Birth/Death: Hypatian Chronicle s.a. 1138.; NPL s.a. 1137.; NChL s.a. 1137.; Pskov Chronicle s.a. 1138.; Voskresenskaia Chronicle s.a. 1137.; Rogozhskii Chronicle s.a. 1137.[↑]
  2. Father: NPL s.a. 1117.; Laurentian Chronicle s.a. 1132.[↑]
  3. Mother: Conjectural based upon Mstislav's marriages.[↑]
  4. Kniaz′ of Novgorod: Laurentian Chronicle s.a. 1117.; NPL s.a. 1117.; NChL s.a. 1117.; Tver Chronicle s.a. 1117.; Voskresenskaia Chronicle s.a. 1117.; Nikon Chronicle s.a. 1117.; Laurentian Chronicle s.a. 1132.; Hypatian Chronicle s.a. 1133.; NPL s.a. 1132.; Tver Chronicle s.a. 1132.; Nikon Chronicle s.a. 1132.[↑]
  5. Kniaz′ of Pereiaslavl′: Laurentian Chronicle s.a. 1132.; Hypatian Chronicle s.a. 1133.; NPL s.a. 1132.; Voskresenskaia Chronicle s.a. 1131.; Tver Chronicle s.a. 1132.; Nikon Chronicle s.a. 1132.; Laurentian Chronicle s.a. 1132.; Hypatian Chronicle s.a. 1133.; NPL s.a. 1132.; Voskresenskaia Chronicle s.a. 1131.; Tver Chronicle s.a. 1132.; Nikon Chronicle s.a. 1132.[↑]
  6. Kniaz′ of Novgorod: NPL s.a. 1132.; Tver Chronicle s.a. 1132.; Nikon Chronicle s.a. 1132.; Laurentian Chronicle s.a. 1138.; Hypatian Chronicle s.a. 1138.; NPL s.a. 1136.; NChL s.a. 1136.; Pskov Chronicle s.a. 1138.; Voskresenskaia Chronicle s.a. 1136.; Tver Chronicle s.a. 1136.; Nikon Chronicle s.a. 1135.[↑]
  7. Kniaz′ of Vyshegorod: Laurentian Chronicle s.a. 1138.; Hypatian Chronicle s.a. 1138.; NChL s.a. 1136.; Pskov Chronicle s.a. 1138.; Voskresenskaia Chronicle s.a. 1136.; Tver Chronicle s.a. 1136.; Nikon Chronicle s.a. 1135.; Laurentian Chronicle s.a. 1138.; Hypatian Chronicle s.a. 1138.; NChL s.a. 1137.; Pskov Chronicle s.a. 1138.; Voskresenskaia Chronicle s.a. 1137.; Tver Chronicle s.a. 1137.; Nikon Chronicle s.a. 1138.[↑]
  8. Kniaz′ of Pskov: Rogozhskii Chronicle s.a. 1137.; Rogozhskii Chronicle s.a. 1137.[↑]
  9. Marriage to unknown: NPL s.a. 1123.; NChL s.a. 1123.; Nikon chronicle s.a. 1123.[↑]
  10. NPL, s.a. 1123; NČL, s.a. 1123; Nikon Chronicle, s.a. 1123.[↑]
  11. For the birth, NPL, s.a. 1127; anecdotally noted in NČL, s.a. 1127. While for the death, NPL, s.a. 1128; NČL, s.a. 1128; Tver Chronicle, s.a. 1128; Nikon Chronicle, s.a. 1128[↑]
  12. Baumgarten, “"Généalogies,"” Table IV; Zotov, O Chernigovskix knjaz′jax po Ljubetskomu sinodiku, p. 266.[↑]
  13. Dąbrowski, who follows Baumgarten in the identity of the woman as a Svjatoslavna, discusses the problems with the source base and other identities as well before reaching his conclusion. Dąbrowski, Genealogia Mścisławowiczów, 111–14.[↑]