Gleb Svyatoslavich

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Gleb Svyatoslavich
Sviatoslavichi
FatherSviatoslav Iaroslavich
MotherKillikiya

Gleb Svyatoslavich (c. 1052 – 30 May 1078) was

Novgorod of Kievan Rus'. He ruled Tmutarakan under the overall authority of his father Sviatoslav Iaroslavich, Prince of Chernigov. He was twice expelled from his principality by one of his cousins Rostislav Vladimirovich
.

His father appointed him prince of Novgorod in 1067 or 1068. He suppressed a rebellion incited by a sorcerer against the

Russian Primary Chronicle writes that he "was kindly toward the poor and hospitable to strangers, zealous toward the church, warm in faith, peaceful, and fair in appearance".[1][2]

Early life

Gleb was the eldest of the fours sons of

Strait of Kerch, but the year of his appointment is unknown.[7]

Prince of Tmutarakan

According to the

Chernigov, Rostislav invaded again and displaced Gleb from power once more.[9][11]

However, the Byzantine katepano or governor of Cherson poisoned Rostislav who died on 3 February 1067.[10][11][12] According to the Life of Feodosy, the citizens of Tmutorakan requested the monk Nikon the Great to persuade Sviatoslav Iaroslavich to again appoint Gleb as their prince.[13] The saintly monk succeeded and Gleb returned to Tmutarakan.[13] According to the inscription of the "Stone of Tmutarakan", Gleb had the width of the frozen Strait of Kerch measured in the winter of 1067-68.[14]

Prince of Novgorod

Map of the Kievan Rus'
Principalities in the Kievan Rus' (1054-1132)

Gleb was transferred—according to historian Martin Dimnik, by his father—from Tmutarakan to

St James, a Friday, at the sixth hour of the day",[15] according to the Chronicle of Novgorod.[16] However, Gleb and the Novgorodians routed him on the brook Gzen near the town.[17][18]

Gleb's rule in Novgorod was confirmed when his father became the

Michael VII Ducas, but the source's reliability is doubtful.[22]

Gleb killing the sorcerer, Radziwill Chronicle

The Russian Primary Source narrates that a "

bishop.[24] The magician planned to murder the prelate but Gleb and his druzhina or retinue remained loyal to him.[25] Gleb dared the sorcerer who had stated that he could foretell the future to predict "what was about to happen that very day",[23] according to the Russian Primary Chronicle.[25] The magician declared that he would "perform great miracles",[23] but Gleb pulled out an axe and killed him.[25] After the magician's death, his followers broke up.[26][25]

Gleb's father died on 27 December 1076.

Chudes killed him on 30 May.[30] His body was transferred to Chernigov where he was buried in the Holy Savior Cathedral on 23 July.[2] No source makes mention of Gleb's marriage or his children, suggesting that he never married and died childless.[31]

See also

References

  1. ^ Russian Primary Chronicle (year 6586), p. 165.
  2. ^ a b Dimnik 1994, p. 143.
  3. ^ Dimnik 1994, pp. 38–39.
  4. ^ Dimnik 1994, p. 40.
  5. ^ Dimnik 1994, p. 78.
  6. ^ Vernadsky 1948, p. 84.
  7. ^ Dimnik 1994, pp. 55–56.
  8. ^ a b Russian Primary Chronicle (year 6572), p. 144.
  9. ^ a b c Dimnik 1994, p. 58.
  10. ^ a b Martin 1993, p. 41.
  11. ^ a b Vernadsky 1948, p. 85.
  12. ^ Dimnik 1994, p. 59.
  13. ^ a b Dimnik 1994, p. 64.
  14. ^ a b Dimnik 1994, pp. 64–65.
  15. ^ The Chronicle of Novgorod (year AD 1068 AM 6576), p. 5.
  16. ^ Dimnik 1994, pp. 71–72.
  17. ^ Dimnik 1994, p. 72.
  18. ^ Franklin & Shepard 1996, p. 256.
  19. ^ Dimnik 1994, p. 93.
  20. ^ Dimnik 1994, p. 95.
  21. ^ Dimnik 1994, p. 97.
  22. ^ Dimnik 1994, pp. xv–xvi, 99.
  23. ^ a b c Russian Primary Chronicle (year 6579), p. 154.
  24. ^ Franklin & Shepard 1996, p. 229.
  25. ^ a b c d Dimnik 1994, p. 108.
  26. ^ Franklin & Shepard 1996, p. 246.
  27. ^ Dimnik 1994, p. 127.
  28. ^ Dimnik 1994, p. 144.
  29. ^ Franklin & Shepard 1996, p. 260.
  30. ^ Dimnik 1994, pp. 143–144.
  31. ^ Dimnik 1994, p. 41.

Sources

Primary sources

  • The Russian Primary Chronicle: Laurentian Text (Translated and edited by Samuel Hazzard Cross and Olgerd P. Sherbowitz-Wetzor) (1953). Medieval Academy of America.
    ISBN 978-0-915651-32-0
    .
  • The Chronicle of Novgorod, 1016–1471 (Translated from the Russian by Rober Michell and Nevill Forbes, with an introduction by C. Raymond Beazley, and an account of the text by A. A. Shakhmatov) (1914, 2011). BiblioLife.

Secondary sources

Gleb Svyatoslavich
Sviatoslavichi
Born:  ???? Died: 1078
Regnal titles
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Yaropolk Izyaslavich
 Grand Prince of Kiev
1073–1076 		Succeeded by
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