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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yaroslavich. Prince of Smolensk
Igor Yaroslavich
Prince of Smolensk
Reign1057–1060
Bornc. 1036
Died1060 (aged 23–24)
Smolensk
BurialTransfiguration Cathedral (Chernihiv)
SpouseKonigunda, countess of Orlamünde
IssueDavyd Igorevich
Vsevolod Igorevich
HouseRurik
FatherYaroslav Vladimirovich
MotherIngererd Olofsdotter

Igor Yaroslavich was one of the younger sons of Yaroslav the Wise from the Rurikid dynasty of Kievan Rus’. He was baptized as George.

The date of his birth is unsure. Some historians consider him to be born in 1034–35, while others think that he was born after Yaroslav moved to Kiev in 1036. Upon the death of his father Iziaslav I of Kiev who was the eldest at that time appointed him as the Prince of Volyn. When another of his brother Vyacheslav has died under unknown circumstances, Igor was transferred to Smolensk. Around that time Rostislav of Tmutarakan was given his former realm to govern.

Like his other brother Vyacheslav, Igor died young when he was only 24, leaving behind two children Davyd and Vsevolod. Igor was married to a countess of Orlamünde; the wedding with whom was conducting while Yaroslav the Wise was still alive.

Children

  • Davyd Igorevich, the Prince of Volyn (1086–1099). Davyd was constantly at war with the neighboring Vasylko from Terebovl.
  • Vsevolod Igorevich

Ancestry

Ancestors of Igor Yaroslavich
8. Sviatoslav I of Kiev
4. Vladimir the Great
9. Malusha
2. Yaroslav the Wise
5. Rogneda of Polotsk or Anna Porphyrogenita
1. Igor Yaroslavich
12. Erik Segersäll
6. Olof Skötkonung
13. Sigríð Storråda or Świętosława
3. Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden
7. Estrid of the Obotrites

References

  1. Yaroslav the Wise in Norse Tradition, Samuel Hazzard Cross, Speculum, 181-182.
  2. Winroth, Anders (2016). The age of the Vikings. Princeton. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-691-16929-3. OCLC 919479468.
  3. Arrignon J. —P. Les relations diplomatiques entre Bizance et la Russie de 860 à 1043 // Revue des études slaves. - 1983 .-- T. 55 . - S. 133-135 .
  4. Samuel Hazzard Cross (April 1929). "Yaroslav the Wise in Norse Tradition". Speculum. 4: 181.
  5. Harvard Ukrainian studies, Vol. 12–13, p. 190, Harvard Ukrainian studies, 1990

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Preceded by Prince of Volyn
1054–1057
Succeeded byRostislav of Tmutarakan
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