Oleg Yaroslavich

Oleg Yaroslavich "Nastasich" (after 1161 – 1189) was a Rus' prince (a member of the Rurik dynasty).[1][2] He was prince of Halych (1187, 1189).[2]

Oleg Yaroslavych "Nastachich"
Prince of Halych
Reign1187
(?) 1189
PredecessorYaroslav Volodymyrkovych
Vladimir II Yaroslavich
SuccessorVladimir II Yaroslavich
Roman Mstislavich
Bornafter 1161
unknown
Died1189
unknown
Burial
unknown
Spousenone
Issuenone
HouseRurik
FatherYaroslav Volodymyrkovych
MotherNastaska (his father's mistress)

Oleg was the illegitimate son of Prince Yaroslav Volodimerovich Osmomysl of Halych by his mistress, Nastaska, a daughter of a local boyar.[1][2][3] The Galician boyars had his mother burned as a witch, forced his father to reinstate his wife (whom Yaroslav Volodimerovich had left in order to take Oleg’s mother),[3] and imprisoned Oleg.[2]

Yaroslav Volodimerovich died on 1 October 1187, giving Peremyshl (Przemyśl, Poland)[2] to his only legitimate son, Vladimir Yaroslavich.[1] At the same time, he designated Oleg as his successor in Halych, requesting that Vladimir and the Galicians promise not to take the city from Oleg.[2] After his death, however, Oleg was deposed and had to seek help from Ryurik Rostislavich in Vruchiy.[2] After Oleg failed to solicit aid from Ryurik Rostislavich, he went to Duke Casimir II of Poland (1177–1194).[2]

Oleg's stepbrother, Vladimir Yaroslavych lived a dissolute life and took to himself a priest's wife.[2] When the Galician boyars threatened to kill his wife, Vladimir Yaroslavich took her and his two sons and fled to King Béla III of Hungary (1172–1196).[2] A later chronicle, however, describes the event differently, stating that Oleg and Duke Casimir II defeated Vladimir Yaroslavich and forced him to flee to the Hungarians, after which Casimir II appointed Oleg to Halych.[2]

Oleg was poisoned by the townspeople of Halych who invited Roman Mstislavich of Vladimir-in-Volhynia to be their prince.[2]

Ancestry

Footnotes

  1. Cawley, Charles (2008-05-19), Russia, Rurikids – Chapter 3: Princes of Galich B. Princes of Galich 1144–1199, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,
  2. Dimnik, Martin. The Dynasty of Chernigov – 1146–1246.
  3. Roman Senkus (Managing Editor) (2001). "Yaroslav Osmomysl". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. Retrieved 2009-12-26.

Sources

  • Dimnik, Martin: The Dynasty of Chernigov – 1146–1246; Cambridge University Press, 2003, Cambridge; ISBN 978-0-521-03981-9.
Oleg Yaroslavich
Born: after 1161 Died: 1189
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Yaroslav Volodimerovich
Prince of Halych
1187
Succeeded by
Vladimir II Yaroslavich
Preceded by
Vladimir II Yaroslavich
(?) Prince of Halych
1189
Succeeded by
Roman Mstislavich
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