Rostislava Mstislavna
Rostislava Mstislavna (Russian: Ростислава Мстиславна; Christian name: Feodosia; Russian: Феодосия; died 1241/1244) was the grand princess consort of Vladimir from 1214 until her death as the second wife of Yaroslav II.
Life
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Her parents were Mstislav Mstislavich ("the Bold") and a daughter (christened Maria) of the Kipchak khan Kotyan. Information about her is scarce and controversial.[1][2]
She married Yaroslav II of Vladimir in 1214,[1] and is said to have two daughters as well as seven, eight, or nine sons, including Alexander Nevsky,[2][1] although some claim that Yaroslav's issue is from his third wife.[3] She died in Novgorod in 1241 or 1244, assuming the monastic name Yevfrosiniya (Euphrosyne).[2]
She is known to have overseen the construction of the first (wooden) building of the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos on Mikhalitsa in Novgorod.[4][5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Ростислава Мстиславовна, в св. крещении Феодосия, citing Алфавитно-справочный перечень государей русских и замечательнейших особ их крови / сост. М.Д. Хмыровым. - Санкт-Петербург : [б. и.], 1993. - 165, [1] с., ил.
- 1 2 3 s:ru:РБС/ВТ/Феодосия Мстиславовна
- ↑ D. Dąbrowski (Д. Домбровский), Из Исследований Генеалогии Смоленских Ростиславичей: Была Ли Дочь Мстислава Мстиславича Матерью Александра Невского? (Возвращение К Проблеме)
- ↑ Novgorod First Chronicle, p. 44
- ↑ Церковь Рождества Богородицы Михайлицкого монастыря на Молотковской улице, 1379 г., нач. XIIв
Further reading
[edit]- Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition, London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999, table 136
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