Gleb Vladimirovich of Ryazan

Gleb Vladimirovich (Russian: Глеб Владимирович; died 1219) was an appanage prince of Ryazan.[1] He is remembered in history as an instigator of a civil war in the principality.[2]

Life

He was the eldest of the four sons of Vladimir Glebovich of Ryazan.[1] He is first mentioned in 1195, when he attended the wedding of Konstantin Vsevolodovich.[1] The following year, he sided with his father-in-law, Davyd Rostislavich and participated in the campaign against Chernigov and narrowly escaped capture.[1]

In 1207, together with his brother Oleg, he slandered his uncles Roman and Sviatoslav Glebovich before Vsevolod the Big Nest.[1] In response, his uncles were arrested and imprisoned.[1] He also took part, together with Vsevolod, in the sacking of Pronsk.[1] The following year, he and his brothers marched to Pronsk against Davyd Yuryevich of Murom, who was forced to flee.[1] Gleb and his brother Oleg received Pronsk, but Gleb was not satisfied with this arrangement.[1] In 1209, he decided to add Ryazan to his possessions as well, but this undertaking failed.[1]

In a bid for the throne, in 1217 he lured his brothers to a feast at Isady and executed them all, using Cuman mercenaries. Ousted by popular revolt, he was exiled to the Wild Fields.[3] In 1218, he unsuccessfully besieged Ingar Ingarovich in Ryazan and fled to the steppe again in the following year. He soon died, after going insane.[1]

He is a minor antagonist (and collaborator with the Tatars) during the Mongol invasions in the historical novel Batu-Khan of Soviet author V. Jan.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Boguslavsky & Kuksina 2001, p. 280.
  2. ^ Lavrik, Andrij. Istorija starog vremena i druga dela staroruske književnosti. Beograd: Dereta, 2009. ISBN 978-86-7346-705-4.
  3. ^ "History of Ryazan". Rusmania.com. Rusmania LLC. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ Yan, V. (1993). Do poslednjeg mora: istorijski roman. Beograd: Srpska književna zadruga. ISBN 8637903940. OCLC 32322549.
  5. ^ Grigorjevič, Vasilij; Lobačev, Đorđe (1991). Batu-kan: istorijski roman. Beograd: Prosveta. ISBN 8607005944. OCLC 438360055.

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