Igor Svyatoslavich[a] (3 April 1151 – c. 1201),[3][2][4] nicknamed the Brave, was Prince of Novgorod-Seversk (1180–1198) and Prince of Chernigov (1198–1201/1202).[2][5]>

Igor Svyatoslavich
Contemporary seal of Igor Svyatoslavich
Prince of Chernigov
Reign1198–1201/2
PredecessorYaroslav II Vsevolodovich
SuccessorOleg III Svyatoslavich
Born3 April 1151
Novgorod-Seversk
Died1201 or 1202
SpouseEuphrosyne Yaroslavna
IssueVladimir of Galicia
Unnamed daughter
Svyatoslav III of Vladimir-Volynsk
Roman II of Galicia
HouseOlgovichi
FatherSviatoslav Olgovich
MotherCatherine

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#before 1170: Euphrosyne (possibly)[6] Yaroslavna, the second daughter of prince Yaroslav Osmomysl of Halych by his first wife Olga Yuryevna of Kiev[2]

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Notes

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  1. ^ Old East Slavic: Игорь Святъславичь, romanized: Igorĭ Svjatŭslavičĭ; Russian: Игорь Святославич; Ukrainian: Ігор Святославич, romanizedIhor Svyatoslavych;[1] Old Norse: Ingvar Sveinaldsson; Christian name: Yury[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Entry Display Web Page".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Dimnik, Martin. The dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246.
  3. ^ Pubblici, Lorenzo (16 March 2022). Mongol Caucasia: Invasions, Conquest, and Government of a Frontier Region in Thirteenth-Century Eurasia (1204-1295). BRILL. p. 55. ISBN 978-90-04-50355-7.
  4. ^ A number of historians claim Igor died in 1202; he most probably died in the spring of 1201, because most chronicles place the news of his death as the first entry for the year; Dimnik, Martin op. cit p. 237.
  5. ^ Vernadsky, George. Kievan Russia.
  6. ^ Basing their observations on the evidence of the Lay of Igor’s Campaign, a number of historians have suggested that her name was Evfrosinia and that she may have been Igor’s second wife; on the other hand, the chronicles neither give Yaroslavna’s name nor suggest that she was Igor’s second wife; Dimnik, Martin op. cit. 121.

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Igor Svyatoslavich
Born: 3 or 10 April 1151 Died: 1201 or 1202
Preceded by
Oleg I Svyatoslavich
Prince of Putivl
1164–1180
Succeeded by
Vladimir I Igorevich
Preceded by
Oleg II Svyatoslavich
Prince of Novgorod-Seversk
1180–1198
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prince of Chernigov
1198–1201/1202
Succeeded by