Mstislaw I.

Representation of Mstislav in the titular book of the Tsars from 1672

Mstislav I Vladimirovich the Great ( Ukrainian Мстислав Володимирович ; Russian Мстислав Владимирович , born June 1076 in Turau ; † April 1132 in Kiev ) was from 1125 bis 1132 Grand Prince of Kievan Rus , the eldest son and successor Vladimir Monomakh and his wife Gytha of Wessex , Daughter of Harald II of England. In Scandinavian sagas, Mstislaw I was also called Harald after his grandfather .

Life

As the eldest son of Vladimir Monomach, he received rule over Novgorod (1088-1093 and 1095-1117, meanwhile over Rostov ). The time as Prince of Novgorod was marked by battles against Chuden , Cumans and his uncle and godfather Oleg von Chernigow , whom he drove from Murom , Rostov and Suzdal in 1096 . In Novgorod he built numerous church buildings, of which the St. Nicholas Cathedral and St. Anthony Monastery survive to this day. After 1117 he became co-ruler of Monomachs and prince in Belgorod on the Dnepr . After Monomach's death in 1125 he succeeded him as Grand Duke.

Little is known about Mstislav's reign. In 1129 he devastated the Principality of Polotsk and banished the Prince David there, a son of Wseslav , and several of his cousins ​​to Byzantium. However, the Polotsk townspeople drove away his son Svyatopolk, who he had appointed as prince, and in 1139 recalled their old ruler. He also led campaigns against the Cumans and Lithuanians around 1130 and had his sons suppress the Tschuden.

After Mstislav's death and that of his brother Yaropolk II. In 1139, a series of fights broke out between the descendants of Monomach ( Monomachowitschi ) and those of his old rival Oleg von Tschernigow ( Olgovichi ), which ultimately led to the collapse of the Rus Favored rise of the principality of Vladimir-Suzdal under Mstislav's brother Yuri Dolgoruki .

Marriage and offspring

In 1095 or 1096 Mstislaw Christina of Sweden († 1122) married, the daughter of King Inge I. With her he had numerous descendants:

1. Ingeborg ⚭ around 1117 King Knud Lavard of Jutland ( House Estridsson )
2. Malfrida (or Malmfried) († after 1137) ⚭
   1. around 1117 King Sigurd I of Norway
   2. around 1131 King Erik II of Denmark
3. Eupraxia († 1136) ⚭ 1122 co-emperor Alexios Komnenos of Byzantium (elder son of John II. )
4. Vsevolod († 1138), Prince of Novgorod 1117–1136, Prince of Pskow 1137–1138
5. Isjaslav II. (1096–1154), Prince of Kursk 1125–1129, Prince of Polotsk 1129–1132, Prince of Turow 1132–1134, Prince of Volhynia 1135–1142, Prince of Perejaslav 1142–1146, Grand Prince of Kiev 1146–1149 , 1150, 1151-1154
6. Svjatopolk, († 1154), Prince of Pskov 1138–1140, Prince of Novgorod 1142–1148, Prince of Volhynia 1148–1154 ⚭ December 23, 1143/6. January 1144 Euphemia of Moravia (* 1115)
7. Rostislaw (around 1110–1167), Prince of Smolensk 1127–1159, Grand Duke of Kiev 1159 and 1160–1167
8. Rogneda († after 1175) ⚭ 1112 Prince Jaroslaw of Volhynia (divorced 1118)
9. Maria († 1179) ⚭ 1116/1125? Vsevolod of Chernigov
10. Xenia († after 1129) ⚭ 1124/1125 Brjatscheslav Davydowitsch of Polotsk

From his second marriage to the daughter of the Novgorod governor Dmitr Saviditsch emerged:

1. Vladimir († 1171), (briefly) Grand Duke of Kiev in 1167 and 1171
2. Euphrosina of Kiev ⚭ after 1132 Géza II of Hungary

literature

• Wassili Yegorowitsch Rudakov: Mstislaw (Christian name Gavriil) Vladimirovich . In: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона - Enziklopeditscheski slowar Brokgausa i Jefrona . tape 20 [39]: Московский Университет – Наказания исправительные. Brockhaus-Efron, Saint Petersburg 1897, p. 104–105 (Russian, full text [ Wikisource ] PDF ).
• Igor Yermolajew: Ryurikowitschi. Proschloje w Lizach. Biographical slovak. Olma Media Group, Moscow 2002, ISBN 5-224-03862-6 , p. 100. (Russian, books.google.com ).

Web links

• Mstislaw I. on encyclopediaofukraine.com (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Vladimir Monomakh	Grand Duke of the Kievan Rus 1125–1132	Jaropolk II