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Rostislav Vladimirovich Rurik Prince of Tmutarakan



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Father: Vladimir Yaroslavich Rurikid, b. 1020 in Великий Новгород, Новгородская Земля   d. 4 OCT 1052 in Великий Новгород, Новгородская Земля
Mother: Cecilia von Dithmarschen, b. 1023 in Novgorod, Alexandrovsk, Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire   d. 1060 in Novgorod, Novgorod, Russia, Soviet Union

Family 1: Anna Lanka Árpád-házi Magyar hercegnő,    b. 1045 in Esztergom, Esztergom, Magyarország    d. BEF 1095
  1. Volodar Rostislavich Zvenigorod-Peremysl, b. 1062 in Russia     d. 19 MAR 1124 in Przemyśl, Woiwodschaft Karpatenvorland Poland
Sources:
  1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Duke Rostislav Vladimirich Tmutorakan -
    Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222797
  2. Title: Wikipedia - Medieval History of Tmutarakan
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmutarakan;
    Note: Medieval History ( an excerpt) Although the exact date and circumstances of Tmutarakan's takeover by Kievan Rus are uncertain, the Hypatian Codex mentions Tmutarakan as one of the towns that Vladimir the Great gave to his sons, which implies that Rus control over the city was established in the late 10th century and certainly before Vladimir's death in 1015.[9] Bronze and silver imitations of Byzantine coinage were struck by the new rulers during this period.[10][11] Vladimir's son Mstislav of Chernigov was the prince of Tmutarakan at the start of the 11th century. During his reign, a first stone church was dedicated to the Mother of God (Theotokos). The excavated site suggests that it was built by Byzantine workmen and has similarities with the church Mstislav went on to commission in Chernigov.[12] After his death, he was followed by a succession of short-lived petty dynasts. Gleb Svyatoslavich was given command of the city by his father, Svyatoslav Yaroslavich, but in 1064 he was displaced by the rival Rus prince Rostislav Vladimirovich who in his turn was forced to flee the city when Gleb approached with an army led by his father. Once Svyatoslav left, however, Rostislav expelled Gleb once again. During his brief rule, he subdued the local Circassians (also known as Kasogi) and other indigenous tribes, but his success provoked the suspicion of neighboring Greek Chersonesos in the Crimea, whose Byzantine envoy poisoned him on 3 February 1066.[13] Afterwards command of Tmutarakan returned to the prince of Chernigov[14] and then to the Grand Prince of Kiev, Vsevolod Yaroslavich. In 1079, Svyatoslav Yaroslavich appointed a governor (posadnik), but he was captured two years later by David Igorevich and Volodar Rostislavich, who seized the city.[15] Exiled from the city to Byzantium by Khazar agents during this turbulent time, Oleg Svyatoslavich returned to Tmutarakan in 1083 and ousted the usurpers, adopting the title of "archon of Khazaria" (Arakhan of Tmutar), and placed the city under nominal Byzantine control. But he also issued rough silver coins in his own name which included a short inscription in Cyrillic letters. Then in 1094, like Mstislav before him, he returned to Rus to claim the throne of Chernigov.[16]
  3. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy-- A. PRINCES of PEREMYSHL and TEREBOVL
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/RUSSIA,%20Rurik.htm#RostislavVladimirovichdied1067;
    Note: ROSTISLAV Vladimirovich, son of VLADIMIR Iaroslavich Prince of Novgorod & his wife [Oda von Stade] ([1045]-3 Feb 1067). Prince of Rostov, Novgorod and Volynia 1056-1064. Prince of Tmutorokan 1064-1065. m (before 1064) LANKA of Hungary, daughter of BÉLA I King of Hungary & his wife [Ryksa] of Poland ([1045]-after 1095). Baumgarten names Lanka as the wife of Prince Rostislav and daughter of King Béla but only cites secondary sources in support[603]. She is not shown in Europäische Stammtafeln[604]. Her birth date is estimated from her having given birth to three known children before her husband died in early 1067. Rostislav & his wife had three children: 1. RURIK Rostislavich (-1092). The Primary Chronicle records the death in 1092 of Rurik son of Rostislav[605]. Prince of Peremyshl. 2. VOLODAR Rostislavich (-19 Mar 1124). The Primary Chronicle names David son of Igor and Volodar son of Rostislav, recording that they captured Ratibor, agent of Vsevolod Grand Prince of Kiev, and established themselves as princes at Tmutorakan[606]. Prince of Peremyshl. - see below. 3. VASILKO Rostislavich (-[28 Feb] 1124/25). The Primary Chronicle names Vasilko, son of Rostislav, recording that he attacked the Poles with the Polovtsians in 1092[607]. Prince of Terebovl. He helped to defend Byzantium against the Pechenegs in 1091 and also led successful campaigns against Poland and Hungary[608]. He was confirmed as Prince of Terebovl under the terms of the family accord reached at Liubech in 1097[609]. He was arrested and blinded in 1098 by the agents of his cousins Sviatopolk Iziaslavich Grand Prince of Kiev and David Igorevich Prince of Volynia[610]. m ---. The name of Vasilko´s wife is not known. Vasilko & his wife had three children: Founda
  4. Title: Wikipedia - Rostilav Vladimirovich, Prince of Tmutorakan
    Author: ^ Rostyslavych Vasylko ^ Genealogy of Riuriks at hrono.ru ^ Kashtanov, S.M. (1994). Was Oda of Stade a wife of the Grand Prince Sviatoslav Yaroslavich? (Eastern Europe in antiquity and the Middle Ages: Ancient Ruthenia in a system of ethno-political and cultural relationships. ed.). Moscow: Institute of the Russian history. pp. 16–18. ISBN 5-201-00594-2.
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostislav_of_Tmutarakan;
    Note: Rostislav Vladimirovich Prince of Tmutarakan izgoi Prince of the Great Rostov (~1056) Prince of Volyn (1056-1064) Reign 1064–1065 Born c. 1038 Died 3 February 1066 [aged ~28] Tmutarakan Burial Mother of God Church, Tmutarakan Spouse Anna Lanke Issue Rurik Rostislavich Volodar of Peremyshl Vasylko Rostyslavych Names Rostislav Vladimirovich House Riurik Dynasty Father Vladimir Yaroslavovich Mother Anna (Aleksandra) Rostyslav Volodymyrovych,[1] Rostislav Vladimirovich (Ukrainian: Ростислав Володимирович, Russian: Ростислав Владимирович) (died 1066) was a landless prince (izgoi) from the Rurikid dynasty of Kievan Rus’. He was baptized as Mikhail.[2] According to the Russian genealogist Nikolai Baumgarten, the mother of Rostislav was Oda of Stade, a daughter of the Stade Count Leopold. That claim is also supported by other historians.[3] At his younger age, Rostyslav ruled Rostov in the land of the Merya. His father Vladimir of Novgorod was the eldest son of Yaroslav I of Kiev. If Vladimir had not predeceased his father, he would have succeeded to the Kievan throne. Under the East Slavic house law, the early death of Rostislav's father made his descendants forfeit all claims to Kiev. For five years after his father's death, Rostislav who was about 14 years old had no appanage. Finally, his uncles gave him Volhynia and Halych, where he stayed from 1057 and 1064, guarding the western frontier of the Rus' lands. According to Vasily Tatischev, it was there that he married Anna Lanke, the daughter of King Béla I of Hungary. Rostislav did not like the distant and meager land and, in 1064, assisted by his father's close friend Vyshata, seized the rich Tmutarakan on the Black Sea littoral, previously controlled by the House of Chernigov. His predecessor, Gleb Svyatoslavich, escaped to his father, Svyatoslav II of Chernigov who was part of the Yaroslaviches triumvirate. The latter approached Tmutarakan with his army and Rostislav was forced to leave the city. Once Svyatoslav returned to Chernigov, Rostislav expelled Gleb once again from Tmutarakan and entered the city in triumph. During his brief rule, he subdued the local Circassians (also known as Kasogi) and other indigenous tribes. His success provoked the rivalry of neighboring Greek Chersonesos in Crimean peninsula, whose envoy poisoned him on 3 February 1066.
  5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Duke Rostislav Vladimirich Tmutorakan -
    Author: Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2035880316

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