Talk:Sviatoslav II of Kiev

Sons of Svyatoslav

I wonder why the recent edit removed several of Svyatoslav's sons from the article. Their being from another wife is no reason by itself to remove them completely. Please restore the deleted info. If the previous version incorrectly stated who their mother was, just correct that part.

The previous edit (a claim is made it contained an error, a claim I don't contest) had the following text:

Svyatoslav's sons by Oda:

• Prince (Knyaz) Gleb of Novgorod (? - 1079);
• Prince Roman of Tmutarakan (? - 1079);
• Prince Oleg of Chernigov (? - 1115). Oleg's posterity continues in male line to the present day;
• Prince Davyd of Chernigov;
• Prince Yaroslav of Ryazan, a founder of the great dynasty of Ryazan;
• Prince Konstantin of Murom is revered as Saint Prince Konstantin the Blessed (Святой Блаженный Князь Константин) by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Seljuk Sultan Kilij Arslan II claimed to descend from one of Svyatoslav's daughters.

The most recent edit removed the list of sons above and replaced it with:

Svyatoslav's son Oleg of Chernigov had a posterity which continues in male line to the present day. A younger son by Oda founded the great dynasty of Ryazan, and the Seljuk Sultan Kilij Arslan II claimed to descend from one of Svyatoslav's daughters.

The editor who changed this clearly has more knowledge on the topic than I have, so I suggest that he restores the deleted info with corrections. Thanks! -Irpen 20:46, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

IMHO those long lists of obscure names and dubious dates usually turn the article into a mess. This stuff is not encyclopedic. We should make a separate article on each of the princes and link them to Sviatoslav II. -Ghirlandajo 11:49, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Anyway, here goes the correct list of Sviatoslav's children by first marriage:

  1. Gleb, Prince of Tmutarakan (1060-68), Prince of Novgorod the Great (1068-78), +30.5.1078
  2. Roman "the Handsome", Prince of Tmutarakan (1069-79), +murdered 2.8.1079
  3. David, Prince of Smolensk (1094-97), Prince of Chernigov (1097-1123), +I.1123
  4. Oleg, Prince of Volynia (1073-76), exiled to Byzantium in 1078, proclaimed himself Archon of Khazaria 1082, Prince of Tmutakaran (1083-94), Prince of Chernigov (1094-97), Prince of Novgorod-Severski (1097-1115), *ca 1058, +Kerch 1.8.1115; his issue was the House of Chernigov
  5. Vysheslava, +aft 1088; may (or may not) have married by 1069 King Boleslaw II of Poland (*1042, +22.3.1081) 
  6. Predslava, +1116; may (or may not) have been affianced to Konstantinos Dukas (*1060 +1081), co-emperor of Byzantium

By his second wife Oda, Sviatoslav II had:

  7. a daughter; may (or may not) have married ca 1095 a Byzantine noble; their grandson was Izz ad-Din Qilij Arslan II, Sultan of Rum in 1156-92.
  8. Yaroslav, lived in Germany until 1094, Prince of Riazan and Murom (1096-1123, 1127-29), Prince of Chernigov (1123-27), +1129; m.a German countess (+Chernigov 1124); his issue was the House of Murom-Riazan

-user:Ghirlandajo

Hi Ghirlandajo, thanks for the great information. I disagree however, that it is unencyclopedic. Children of the Monarchs are important part of their legacy, unlike children of, say, professors. I was sorry to see hours of my work of compiling and linking his children deleted but that's not the main reason why I suggest to put this info back, especially in view that I made mistakes. It's just important enough I think. Besides, the red links will prompt the articles to appear in WP sooner. If you mind adding this info to the article yourself, I can do it. I would probably take more time in the latter case. Regards, -Irpen 04:50, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)

Yaroslav of Ryazan/Konstantin of Murom

Maybe it's a common knmowledge, but I just found out that these two princes earlier mentioned in the article separately is one person. Yaroslav Svyatoslavich was a prince of both Ryazan and Murom and his sons also switched between the two. Yaroslav is also revered as Saint Prince Konstantin by ROC, (see above). I haven't realized it earleir and created the article for Konstantin. I will try to fix it when I get to it. If anyone wants to take it upon himslef, you're welcome to do it. Links that are easy to find are:

• http://infolio.asf.ru/Sprav/Brokgaus/4/4135.htm
• http://www.museum.murom.ru/wwwmus/afisha/Mkrai/pr14/pr14.htm
• http://www.murom.info/?mi=532&art=1161

and there is plenty more. Common books on RU history also mention these facts. Regards, -Irpen 21:57, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)