Vladimir II Yaroslavich

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yaroslavich.
Vladimir II Yaroslavich
Prince of Galicia
Reign1187–1189
1189–1198/99
PredecessorOleg Yaroslavich
Andrew I
Successor(?) Oleg Yaroslavich
Roman the Great
Died1198/99
SpouseBoleslava Svyatoslavna
Unknown
IssueVasilko Vladimirovich
Vladimir Vladimirovich
HouseRurik
FatherYaroslav Osmomysl
MotherOlga Yuryevna

Vladimir II Yaroslavich (Ukrainian: Володимир Ярославич, Volodymyr Yaroslavych; died 1198/1199) was Prince of Galicia (1187–1189, 1189–1198/99).[1] He was from the Rurikid dynasty.[2][1]

Described as profligate by nature, he lived a debauched life and was politically ineffectual.[1] Due to the strife between Vladimir and his stepbrother, Oleg Yaroslavich and to the interference of Prince Roman the Great and King Béla III of Hungary, his reign in Galicia was characterized by troubles.[2] Following Oleg's expulsion by Galician boyars, a civil war started in the principality with the involvement of Hungary, Poland and neighbouring Rus' principalities. In 1189, with the help of Frederick Barbarossa and the Polish king, Vladimir managed to take Halych.[3] The protection that his uncle, Prince Vsevolod III Yuryevich of Vladimir ensured political stability in Galicia.[1]

Vladimir was the last male descendant of the first dynasty ruling in Galicia; and therefore his death created a political vacuum.[2][1] Following his death in 1199 Galicia was captured by Roman Mstislavich of Volhynia, uniting both principalities.[4]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Vladimir II 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. Vladimir II Yaroslavich
24. Vsevolod I Yaroslavich, grand prince of Kiev
12. Vladimir II Vsevolodovich, grand prince of Kiev
25. Maria (Irina)
6. Yuri I Vladimirovich Dolgoruki, prince of Vladimir
3. Olga Yuryevna of Vladimir
28. Ocen, khan of the Cumans
14. Aepo, khan of the Cumans
7. Unknown

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Dimnik, Martin. The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246.
  2. ^ a b c Vernadsky, George. Kievan Russia.
  3. ^ Наталія Яковенко. Нарис історії України з найдавніших часів до кінця XVIII ст. pp. 71–72.
  4. ^ Наталія Яковенко. Нарис історії України з найдавніших часів до кінця XVIII ст. p. 72.

Sources

  • Dimnik, Martin: The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246; Cambridge University Press, 2003, Cambridge; ISBN 978-0-521-03981-9.
  • Vernadsky, George: Kievan Russia; Yale University Press, 1948, New Haven and London; ISBN 0-300-01647-6.
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