Oleg Yaroslavich

Oleg Yaroslavich
Oleg Yaroslavich
Prince of Galicia
Reign	1187; (?) 1189
Predecessor	Yaroslav Osmomysl; Vladimir II Yaroslavich
Successor	Vladimir II Yaroslavich; Roman Mstislavich
Born	after 1161
Died	1189
House	Rurik
Father	Yaroslav Osmomysl
Mother	Nastaska (his father's mistress)

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

Life[edit]

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[1] After his death, however, Oleg was deposed and had to seek help from Rurik Rostislavich in Vruchiy.^[1] After Oleg failed to solicit aid from Ryurik Rostislavich, he went to Duke Casimir II of Poland (1177–1194).^[1]

Oleg's stepbrother, Vladimir Yaroslavych lived a dissolute life and took to himself a priest's wife.^[1] 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).^[1] 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.^[1]

Oleg was poisoned by the townspeople of Galicia who invited Roman Mstislavich to be their prince.^[1]

Ancestry[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Dimnik, Martin. The Dynasty of Chernigov – 1146–1246.
^ ^a ^b "Yaroslav Osmomysl". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. 2001. Retrieved 2009-12-26.

Sources[edit]

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

Regnal titles
Oleg Yaroslavich Rostislavichi of Tmutarakan Born: after 1161 Died: 1189
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

[Dimnik-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Dimnik, Martin. The Dynasty of Chernigov – 1146–1246.

[Senkus-2] "Yaroslav Osmomysl". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. 2001. Retrieved 2009-12-26.

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