Roman II Igorevych (ukr. ''Роман Ігорович'', 1177/1179 – September 1211)
was a
Rus' prince (a member of the
Rurik dynasty
The Rurik dynasty ( be, Ру́рыкавічы, Rúrykavichy; russian: Рю́риковичи, Ryúrikovichi, ; uk, Рю́риковичі, Riúrykovychi, ; literally "sons/scions of Rurik"), also known as the Rurikid dynasty or Rurikids, was ...
).
He was prince of
Zvenyhorod
Zvenyhorod ( uk, Звенигород) is a village in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in the western part of Ukraine. It belongs to Davydiv rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Zvenyhorod was the capital of the former Principality of Zvenyho ...
(1206–1208, 1210–1211), and
of Halych (1208, 1208–1209).
He was son of
Igor Svyatoslavich
Prince Igor Sviatoslavich the Brave or Ihor Sviatoslavych (Old East Slavic: Игорь Святъславичь, ''Igorĭ Svjatŭslavičĭ''; uk, Ігор Святославич, ''Ihor Svyatoslavych''; russian: Игорь Святослави ...
and Evfrosinia Yaroslavna, the second daughter of prince Yaroslav Volodimerovich of Halych by his first wife Olga Yuryevna of Kiev. His brothers was
Vladimir III Igorevich Vladimir III Igorevich (October 8, 1170Putyvl, 1211) was a Rus' prince (a member of the Rurik dynasty). He was the son of Igor Svyatoslavich and was with him during his campaign against the Cumans on 13 April 1185, immortalized in the epic ''The ...
,
Svyatoslav III Igorevich
Sviatoslav III Igorevich (1176 – September 1211) was a Rus' prince (a member of the Rurik dynasty).
Marriage and childrenCharles Cawley suggests that prince Oleg Svyatoslavich of Novgorod-Seversk was also Svyatoslav’s son retrieved on 2009-04 ...
.
Ancestors
Footnotes
Sources
*Benda, Kálmán ''(General Editor)'': Magyarország történeti kronológiája - A kezdetektől 1526-ig ''/A Historical Chronology of Hungary - From the Beginnings to 1526/''; Akadémiai Kiadó, 1981, Budapest; (the part of the book which describes the events of the period from 1197 to 1309 was written by László Solymosi).
*Dimnik, Martin: ''The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246''; Cambridge University Press, 2003, Cambridge; .
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1170s births
1211 deaths
Olgovichi family
Princes of Halych
Eastern Orthodox monarchs