Sviatoslav Olgovich (russian: Святослав Ольгович; died February 14, 1164) was the

Prince of Novgorod The Prince of Novgorod (russian: Князь новгородский, ''knyaz novgorodskii'') was the chief executive of the Republic of Novgorod. The office was originally an appointed one until the late eleventh or early twelfth century, then bec ...

(1136–1138);

Novgorod-Seversky Novhorod-Siverskyi ( uk, Новгород-Сіверський ) is a historic city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, although until 18 July 2020 it was incorporated as a city ...

(1139);

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(1141–1154); and

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(1154–1164). He was the son of

Oleg Sviatoslavich Oleg Svyatoslavich (russian: Олег Святославич; 1052 – August 1115) was a Rurikid prince whose equivocal adventures ignited political unrest in Kievan Rus' at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries. Oleg was a younger son ...

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with an unnamed daughter of Asaduk, Khan of Khumans. March to Chernigov; Sviatoslav Olgovich in his deathbed, with his wife and sons

After the death of their older brother, Vsevolod II, Sviatoslav and his brother

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were driven out of Kiev by

Iziaslav Mstislavich Iziaslav II Mstislavich ( uk, Ізяслав Мстиславич, russian: Изяслав II Мстиславич; c. 1096 Novgorod-Seversky Novhorod-Siverskyi ( uk, Новгород-Сіверський ) is a historic city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, although until 18 July 2020 it was incorporated as a city ...

, to his cousins, Iziaslav Davidovich and Vladimir Davidovich. With the assistance of his ally,

Yuri Dolgoruki Yuri I Vladimirovich ( rus, Юрий Владимирович, Yuriy Vladimirovich), commonly known as Yuri Dolgorukiy or the Long Arm ( rus, Юрий Долгорукий, Yuriy Dolgorukiy, meaning "Far-Reaching", c. 109915 May 1157) was a Rur ...

, and his father-in-law, Aepa Khan, Sviatoslav began a war against his cousins, but was forced to flee to

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. There on January 16, 1147, Sviatoslav defeated the Davidovichi brothers.

Family

In 1108, Sviatoslav married a Cuman princess, daughter of Aepa Khan, who gave him a daughter and a son, Oleg. In 1136 Svyatoslav married a second time, to a woman of Novgorod, who bore his famous son,

Igor Sviatoslavich Prince Igor Sviatoslavich the Brave or Ihor Sviatoslavych ( Old East Slavic: Игорь Святъславичь, ''Igorĭ Svjatŭslavičĭ''; uk, Ігор Святославич, ''Ihor Svyatoslavych''; russian: Игорь Святослав� ...

References

* Dimnik, Martin. ''The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146-1246'', 2000 1164 deaths 12th-century princes in Kievan Rus' Olgovichi family Year of birth unknown {{East-Slavic-hist-stub