Oleg Yaroslavich "Nastasich" (after 1161 – 1189) was a Rus' prince (a member of the

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). He was prince of Halych (1187, 1189). Oleg was the

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of Prince Yaroslav Volodimerovich Osmomysl of Halych by his mistress, Nastaska, a daughter of a local boyar. The Galician boyars had his mother burned as a

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, forced his father to reinstate his wife (whom Yaroslav Volodimerovich had left in order to take Oleg’s mother), and imprisoned Oleg. Yaroslav Volodimerovich died on 1 October 1187, giving Peremyshl (Przemyśl,

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) to his only legitimate son, Vladimir Yaroslavich. 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. After his death, however, Oleg was deposed and had to seek help from Ryurik Rostislavich in Vruchiy. After Oleg failed to solicit aid from Ryurik Rostislavich, he went to Duke

Casimir II of Poland Casimir II the Just ( pl, Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy; 28 October 1138 – 5 May 1194) was a Lesser Polish Duke of Wiślica from 1166–1173, and of Sandomierz after 1173. He became ruler over the Polish Seniorate Province at Kraków and thereby Hi ...

(1177–1194). Oleg's stepbrother, Vladimir Yaroslavych lived a dissolute life and took to himself a

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's wife. 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 Béla III ( hu, III. Béla, hr, Bela III, sk, Belo III; 114823 April 1196) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1172 and 1196. He was the second son of King Géza II and Géza's wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev. Around 1161, Géza granted Béla a ...

(1172–1196). A later

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, however, describes the event differently, stating that Oleg and Duke Casimir II defeated Vladimir Yaroslavich and forced him to flee to the

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, after which Casimir II appointed Oleg to Halych. Oleg was poisoned by the townspeople of Halych who invited Roman Mstislavich of Vladimir-in-Volhynia to be their prince.

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Sources

*Dimnik, Martin: ''The Dynasty of Chernigov – 1146–1246''; Cambridge University Press, 2003, Cambridge; . {{DEFAULTSORT:Yaroslavich, Oleg 1160s births 1189 deaths Rurikids Princes of Halych Princes of Novgorod 12th-century princes in Kievan Rus' Eastern Orthodox monarchs