Grand Prince of Vladimir (1238?1246)
Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich
(
Russian
:
Яросла?в II Все?володович
;
Christian name
:
Theodor
(
Феодо?р
); 8 February 1191 ? 30 September 1246), also transliterated as
Iaroslav
,
was
Grand Prince of Vladimir
from 1238 to 1246. He collaborated with Batu Khan following the
Mongol invasion
, before he was ultimately poisoned.
Prince of Pereyaslav
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Yaroslav was the fourth son of
Vsevolod the Big Nest
and
Maria Shvarnovna
.
In 1200, he was sent by his father to rule the town of
Pereiaslav
near the
Kypchak
steppes. Six years later, he was summoned by
boyars
of
Halych
to rule their city but could not effectively claim the throne. Thereupon he was sent to take
Ryazan
, but the stubborn opposition of the inhabitants led to the city being burnt. In 1209, Vsevolod sent Yaroslav to oppose
Mstislav the Bold
in
Novgorod
. After several battles, the two princes made peace, whereby Yaroslav married Mstislav's daughter.
Upon his deathbed,
Vsevolod the Big Nest
bequeathed to him
Pereslavl-Zalessky
. In the conflict between his elder brothers
Konstantin
and
Yuri
, Yaroslav supported the latter. In 1215, he accepted the offer of the Novgorodians to become their prince but, desiring revenge for their former treachery, captured
Torzhok
and blocked its supplies of grain to Novgorod. Several months later, he was defeated by his father-in-law
on the Lipitsa River
and had to retreat to Pereslavl; a helmet that he lost during the battle would be retrieved by archaeologists in 1808.
Prince of Novgorod and Kiev
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In 1222, Yaroslav, finally enthroned in Novgorod, overran all of
Estonia
and besieged its capital
Kolyvan
. Four years later, he
devastated Finland
and baptised
Karelia
. His next ambition was to subjugate
Pskov
, but the Novgorodians refused to make war against its neighbour. Yaroslav departed in anger and seized the Novgorodian enclave of
Volokolamsk
. In 1234, he returned to Novgorod and several years later defeated its chief enemies?Lithuanians and the
Teutonic Knights
. In 1236, he followed
Daniel of Galicia
's advice and moved from Novgorod to Kiev,
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citation needed
]
leaving his son
Alexander
as his representative in the north.
Grand Prince of Vladimir
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In 1238, when the
Mongols
first invaded Kievan Rus' and his elder brother Yuri was killed in battle, Yaroslav left Kiev for Vladimir, where he was crowned grand prince. Yaroslav attempted to restore the cities of
Vladimir-Suzdal
after the Mongol ravages and fires. In 1243, he was summoned by
Batu Khan
to his capital
Sarai
. After a lengthy conference, he returned to Vladimir with honours. Two years later, he was again summoned to the east, this time by
Guyuk Khan
in
Karakorum
.
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There he was poisoned by the
Great Khan
's mother
Toregene
and died a week after he had been allowed to return home.
Family
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Yaroslav married his first wife c. 1205. She was a daughter of
Yuri Konchakovich, Khan
of the
Cumans
. Her people belonged to the
Kipchaks
, a confederation of pastoralists and warriors of
Turkic
origin.
In 1214, Yaroslav married his second wife Rostislava Mstislavna. She was a daughter of
Mstislav the Bold
and another Cuman princess. Her maternal grandfather was
Kotian Khan
. They were divorced in 1216.
In 1218, Yaroslav married his third wife Fedosia Igorevna of
Ryazan
. She was a daughter of Igor Glebovich and Agrafena of
Kiev
. Her father was the second son of Gleb Rostislavich,
Prince of Ryazan
(d. 1178) and Euphrosyne of
Pereyaslavl
. Her mother was a daughter of
Rostislav I of Kiev
. They had at least twelve children:
References
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- ^
Eastmond, Antony (2017).
Tamta's World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia
. Cambridge University Press. p. 348.
doi
:
10.1017/9781316711774
.
ISBN
9781316711774
.
Bibliography
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Yaroslav II of Vladimir
Born:
8 February 1191
Died:
30 September 1246
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