Sviatopolk II of Kiev

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Sviatopolk II
Spytihnev II ?),
Cuman princess Olena (Turkogan)
IssueOut of wedlock:
Mstislav

By his first wife:
Iaroslav
Zbyslava
Predslava

By his second wife:
Anna
Maria
Bryachislav
Iziaslav
Names
Sviatopolk Iziaslavovich (Mikhail)
HouseRurik
FatherIziaslav I

Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich (

Vladimir Monomakh
.

Early life

Sviatopolk was the son of

his descendants
until the 17th century.

Reign

St. Demetrius was installed by Sviatopolk in the Kievan St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
to glorify the patron saint of his father.

When

Battle of the Stugna River (1093).[3] Later that year, Sviatopolk was again defeated when faced with the Kipchaks,[3] whereupon the latter destroyed Torchesk, an Oghuz Turk settlement.[3]

In 1096, in an attempt to force

the Kiev Monastery of the Caves.[4] Tugorkhan was killed during his raid on Pereiaslavl, and so Sviatopolk had him buried in Kiev.[5]

In 1111, Sviatopolk, alongside

Vladimir II, led an army at the Battle of the Salnytsia River [uk], where they defeated a Cuman army on the Salnytsia [ru] river. The site of this battle is probably at modern-day Izium.[6]

Sviatopolk's Christian name was Michael, so he encouraged embellishment of St Michael's Abbey in Kiev, which has been known as the Golden-Roofed up to the present. The history now known as the Primary Chronicle was compiled by the monk Nestor during Sviatopolk's reign.

Marriage and children

Sviatopolk married firstly a Bohemian princess (Přemyslid dynasty), probably a daughter of Duke Spytihněv II. They had three children:

  1. Boleslaw III of Poland
    on November 15, 1102.
  2. Predslava, married to Prince Álmos of Hungary on August 21, 1104. Her fate is less known.
  3. Turov and Pinsk
    .

Secondly, in 1094 Sviatopolk married a daughter of Tugorkhan of the

Kypchaks, Olena.[7]
They had four children:

  1. Anna (died 1136), married to Sviatoslav Davydych from Chernihiv who took monastic vows upon her death and later became Saint Nikolai Svyatoslav Davydych of Chernihiv.
  2. Maria, married
    Wroclaw
    and Polish palatine.
  3. Bryachislav (1104–1127), possibly dethroned Iaroslav as the Prince of Turov (1118–1123) in 1118.
  4. Iziaslav (died 1127), possibly the Prince of Turov in 1123.

In 1104, Sviatopolk would marry for a third time to Barbara Komnena.[8]

Some sources claim Sviatopolk had an out-of-wedlock son, Mstislav, who ruled

Novgorod-Seversk
from 1095–1097 and later Volyn (1097–1099). Mstislav later was murdered in Volodymyr-Volynski.

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Святополк Изяславич, romanized: Svyatopolk Iziaslavich; Ukrainian: Святополк Ізяславич, romanized: Sviatopolk Iziaslavych

References

  1. ISBN 9780198604730
    .
  2. ^ Vernadsky 1976, p. 90.
  3. ^ a b c Franklin & Shepard 2013, p. 272.
  4. ^ a b Franklin & Shepard 2013, p. 272-273.
  5. ^ Raffensperger 2012, p. 78-79.
  6. ^ "Ізюм, Ізюмський район, Харківська область". Історія міст і сіл Української РСР (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  7. ^ Dmytryshyn 2000, p. 61.
  8. ^ Vernadsky 1976, p. 351.

Sources

  • Dmytryshyn, Basil (2000). Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. Academic International Press.
  • Franklin, Simon; Shepard, Jonathan (2013). The Emergence of Rus 750-1200. Routledge.
  • Raffensperger, Christian (2012). Reimagining Europe. Harvard University Press.
  • Vernadsky, George (1976). Kievan Russia. Yale University Press.

External links

Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich
Born: 1050 Died: 1113
Regnal titles
Preceded by Prince of Polotsk
1069–1071 		Succeeded by
Vseslav Briacheslavich
Preceded by
Gleb Sviatoslavich
 Prince of Novgorod
1078–1088 		Succeeded by
Mstislav Vladimirovich
Preceded by Prince of Turov
1088–1093 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Vsevolod I
Grand Prince of Kiev

1093–1113 		Succeeded by
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