Yaroslav Osmomysl

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Yaroslav Osmomysl (Ukrainian: ??????? ????????, Yaroslav Volodymyrkovych Osmomysl) (ca. 1135 – 1 October 1187) was the most famous Prince of Halych (now in Western Ukraine) from the first dynasty of its rulers, which descended from Yaroslav I's eldest son. His sobriquet, meaning "Eight-Minded" in Old East Slavic, was granted to him in recognition of his wisdom. Some scholars even assert that Yaroslav was fluent in eight foreign languages. Contents [hide]

* 1 Biography * 2 The Tale of Igor's Campaign * 3 Reburial * 4 Issue * 5 See also * 6 References
[edit] Biography

Son of Volodymyrko of Halych by his wife, a daughter of King Coloman of Hungary, he assumed the throne in 1153. His foreign policy tended towards the alliance with the kings of Hungary and Poland, and against the Grand Princes of Kiev, who supported Yaroslav's cousin Ivan Berladnik in his attempts to take possession of several towns bordering Volynia. After many years of warfare, Yaroslav managed to ensure Berladnik's expulsion to Byzantium.

The latter part of his reign was beset by family troubles. He fell in love with one Halychian woman, named Anastasia (also called Nastasia), took her as a concubine, repudiating his lawful wife Olga, the daughter of Yury Dolgoruky, in 1172. The powerful Halychian boyars, who were reluctant to accept Anastasia as their queen, instigated a popular uprising, which resulted in Anastasia's being burnt at the stake. Yaroslav was constrained to deliver the oath to live with Olga in peace but in next year had her expelled to her native Suzdal with a son, Vladimirko. He bequeathed his throne to a natural son by Anastasia (Oleg, sardonically called Nastasyich by the populace), while the lawful heir Vladimirko had to content himself with Przemysl for the beginning. Very soon, the illegitimate brother Oleg was killed and Vladimirko rose to the entire principality of Halych. [edit] The Tale of Igor's Campaign

Yaroslav's daughter Eufrosinia and her husband Igor Svyatoslavich are central figures of the ancient Tale of Igor's Campaign. Yaroslav is mentioned in the text as a powerful and respectable potentate:

Eight-minded Yaroslav of Halych! You sit high on your gold-forged throne; you have braced the Hungarian mountains with your iron troops; you have barred the [Hungarian] king's path; you have closed the Danube's gates, hurling weighty missiles over the clouds, spreading your courts to the Danube. Your thunders range over lands; you open Kiev's gates; from the paternal golden throne you shoot at sultans beyond the lands.
[edit] Reburial

Osmomysl's remains found their final resting place only recently after long period of disturbance. Originally, he was buried in the Assumption Cathedral in ancient Halych (now the village of Krylos, in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine). In 1939 his stone sarcophagus was discovered by Ukrainian archaeologist Jaroslaw Pasternak, after his long search for the cathedral that was destroyed by Mongol-Tatar hordes and never rebuilt later. It appeared that the burial was looted earlier and Yaroslav's bones were found mixed with bones of a young princess of unknown family. The sarcophagus is displayed in the History museum of Ivano-Frankivsk.

Trying to secure his archaeological artifacts from ancient Halych and drawings of the cathedral in Krylos before the Soviet occupation of Western Ukraine, Jaroslaw Pasternak hid them in an undisclosed location shortly after he emigrated to Germany, where he died without disclosing the secret place. The purported remains were found for the second time in 1992, hidden in the crypt of St. George Cathedral in Lviv, by archeologyst Yuriy Lukomskyy. After anthropological study, the remains were reburied at the Lviv Cathedral. As a result of study a reconstruction of Yaroslav Osmomysl's face was made.

[edit] Issue

With his wife, Olga Yurievna of Suzdal (d. 14 July 1189), daughter of Prince Yury Dolgoruky he had four children:

Vladimir(ko) (b. 1151 - d. 1199), Prince of Halicz (1188 and 1190-99), married to Boleslava (d. bef.1189), daughter of Great Prince Sviatoslav of Chernigov.
Eufrosinia, famous for her song in "The Tale of Igor's Campaign"; married in 1184 to Prince Igor Svyatoslavich of Chernigov.
Vyacheslava (d. aft. 1200), married in 1184 to Prince Odon of Poznan.
A daughter, married in 1167 with King Stephen III of Hungary, but he reputiated her one year later (1168).
With his concubine Anastasia/Nastasia, he had one son:

* Oleg "Nastasyich" (b. aft.1161 - d. poisoned at Halicz, 1188), Prince of Halicz (1187, 1189).
[edit] See also

* List of rulers of Halych and Volhynia
[edit] References

* Pasternak, Ya. Ancient Halych. Krakov-Lviv, 1944 (in Ukrainian). * Maiorov A.V. Galitsko-Volynskaya Rus: Ocherki sotsialno-politicheskikh otnoshenii v domongolskii period. Knyaz, boyare i gorodskaya obschina. St Petersburg, 2001 (in Russian).
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http://genealogy.euweb.cz/russia/rurik3.html#dY

Pr Vladimir of Novgorod (1043-52), *1020, +4.10.1052, built St Sophia Cathedral, Novgorod, where he is buried; He had issue:

A1. Rostislav, Pr of Rostov (?-1056), Pr of Volynia (1056-64), Pr of Tmutarakan (1064-65), *1038, +poisoned Tmutarakan 3.2.1066; m.Lanka of Hungary (+after 1066)
B1. Rurik, Pr of Peremyshl/Przemysl (1085-92), +1092
B2. Volodar, Pr of Zwenigorod (1084-92), Pr of Peremyshl/Przemysl (1092-1124), +19.3.1124, bur Przemysl; m.N, a Pomeranian princess
C1. Vladimirko, Pr of Zwenihorod (1124-29), Pr of Przemysl (1129-53), Pr of Terebovlya (1141-53), united all these lands into the Princedom of Halicz (or Galicia) in 1141, *1104, +II.1153; m.ca 1117 N, a dau.of King Koloman of Hungary
D1. Yaroslav I "Osmomysl", Pr of Galicia (1153-87), *ca 1135, +1.10.1187; m.1150 Olga of Suzdal (+14.7.1189)
E1. Vladimir, Pr of Halicz/Galicia (1187/88)+(1190-99), *1151, +1199; m.Boleslava (+before 1189), dau.of Great Pr Sviatoslav of Chernigov
F1. [illegitimate] Vasilko, +in Hungary after 1241; m.1187 (div 1188) Feodora Romanovna of Volynia (+after 1200)
E2. Eufrosinia, famous for her song in "The Lay of Igor's Campaign"; m.1184 Igor Svyatoslavich of Chernigov (*3.4.1151, +29.12.1202)
E3. Vyacheslava, +after 1200; m.after 1184 Pr Odon of Poznan (*1145 +1194)
E4. a daughter; m.1167 (div 1168) King Stephen III of Hungary (*1147, +4.3.1172)
E5. [illegitimate by Nastasia N] Oleg "Nastasyich", Pr of Halicz/Galicia (1187-88), *after 1161, +poisoned at Halicz 1188
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VLADIMIRKO Volodarovich, son of VOLODAR Rostislavich Prince of Peremyshl & his wife [Anna] von Pommern (-1153). ... m ([1117]) --- of Hungary, daughter of KÁLMÁN "Könyves/the Bookman" King of Hungary & his first wife --- of Sicily. Baumgarten refers to the wife of Prince Vladimirko as the daughter of King Kálmán but only cites one secondary source in support[581]. Prince Vladimirko & his wife had one son (who, along with his descendants shown below, are named by Baumgarten with primary sources[582]):

1. IAROSLAV Vladimirkovich "Osmomysl" (-1 Oct 1187). He succeeded his father in 1153 as Prince of Galich. A strong leader, he unified the principality which experienced an upsurge of commercial activity during his reign. Together with Mstislav Iziaslavich Prince of Volynia, he had installed Rostislav Mstislavich as Grand Prince of Kiev in 1158. He also supported the accession of Mstislav in 1167[583]. On his death, Galich fell into political disarray and was seized by Hungary[584]. m firstly ([1150], repudiated [1185]) OLGA Iurievna, daughter of of IURII Vladimirovich "Dolgorukiy/Longarm" Grand Prince of Kiev & his first wife --- of the Kumans (-1189). She became a nun at Volynia. m secondly ---. Mistress (1): ANASTASIA, daughter of --- (-1171). Prince Iaroslav & his first wife had four children:
a) --- Iaroslavna. Baumgarten mentions the betrothal of King István and the daughter of Prince Iaroslav, citing secondary sources in support, but comments that the marriage was not finalised and that she was sent back from Hungary in 1169[585]. Europäische Stammtafeln refers to this as King István's first marriage, stating that she was repudiated in 1168, but it is not known whether this is based on other sources[586]. Betrothed (1167, repudiated 1168) to ISTVÁN III King of Hungary, son of GÉZA II King of Hungary & his wife Ievfrosina Mstislavna of Kiev (1147-murdered 4 Mar 1172).
b) IEFROSINIA Iaroslavna . m IGOR Sviatoslavich Prince of Novgorod-Seversk, son of SVIATOSLAV NIKOLAI Olegovich Prince of Chernigov & his second wife Maria [Ekaterina] of Novgorod (-29 Dec 1202).
c) VIACHESLAVA Iaroslavna (-after 1200). ... m (after 1184) ODON Prince of Posen, son of MIESZKO III "Stary/the Old" Prince of Greater Poland & his first wife Erszebet of Hungary ([1141/49]-20 Apr 1194).
d) VLADIMIR Iaroslavich (-[1199]). Prince of Peremyshl. ... m firstly (1167) BOLESLAVA Sviatoslava, daughter of SVIATOSLAV III Vsevolodich Grand Prince of Kiev & his [first/second] wife --- (-before 1189). m secondly (bigamously) as her second husband, ---. She was a "priest's wife"590. Vladimir & his first wife had two children:
i) VASILKO Vladimirovich (-in Hungary 1188). m (1187, divorced) FEDORA Romanovna of Volynia, daughter of ROMAN Mstislavich Prince of Volynia and Galich & his first wife Predslava Rurikovna (-after 1200).
ii) VLADIMIR Vladimirovich (-in Hungary 1188).
Prince Iaroslav had one illegitimate child by Mistress (1):
e) OLEG Nastasich (after 1161-1189).

Gift med
Olga Evfrosiniya Yurievna, född 1112 i Kiev, Ukraina, död 1181-07-14.

Barn:
Vysheslava Yaroslavna Galitska, född 1168, död 1201