Oleg Yaroslavich

Oleg Yaroslavich
Prince of Galicia
Reign1187
(?) 1189
PredecessorYaroslav Osmomysl
Vladimir II Yaroslavich
SuccessorVladimir II Yaroslavich
Roman Mstislavich
Bornafter 1161
Died1189
HouseRostislavichi of Tmutarakan
FatherYaroslav Osmomysl
MotherNastaska (his father's mistress)

Oleg Yaroslavich "Nastasich" (after 1161 – 1189) was Prince of Galicia (1187; 1189).[1]

Life

Oleg was the illegitimate son of Prince Yaroslav Osmomysl by his mistress, Nastaska, a daughter of a local boyar.[1][2] The Galician boyars had his mother burned as a witch, forced his father to reinstate his wife (whom Yaroslav had left in order to take Oleg’s mother),[2] and imprisoned Oleg.[1]

Yaroslav died on 1 October 1187, giving Peremyshl (Przemyśl)[1] to his only legitimate son, Vladimir Yaroslavich.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Oleg Yaroslavich[1]
16.Rostislav Vladimirovich, prince of Peremyshl
8.Volodar Rostislavich, prince of Peremyshl
4. Volodimerko Volodarevich, prince of Halych
9. Anna (?) of Pommern
2. Yaroslav Volodimerovich, prince of Halych
1. Oleg Yaroslavich
3. Nastaska (mistress)

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e Dimnik, Martin. The Dynasty of Chernigov – 1146–1246.
  2. ^ a b "Yaroslav Osmomysl". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. 2001. Retrieved 2009-12-26.

Sources

  • Dimnik, Martin: The Dynasty of Chernigov – 1146–1246; Cambridge University Press, 2003, Cambridge; ISBN 978-0-521-03981-9.