Gleb Sviatoslavich

Who he is

Name

Gleb Sviatoslavich

Title

Prince of the Olgovichi; seat on 1 January 1200 not pinned

Since

Not pinned

Born

Not pinned

Family

Son of Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich of Kiev; married to Rurik Rostislavich's daughter (Anastasia by the genealogies)

Confidence

low

The chronicle (Makhnovets, 1196) shows Yaroslav leaving Oleg and Gleb to hold Chernigov in the autumn of 1196.

Overlord

Igor, as senior prince.

What it holds

• No seat pinned for 1 January 1200

How it was acquired

Not applicable.

Allies and rivals

His brothers; his father-in-law Rurik.

How things stand that morning

Not pinned; a natural go-between for Rurik and the Olgovichi.

Military

His retinue.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Named in the chronicle for 1196; his marriage is in the genealogies; nothing for 1198-1200.

On the map: No pinned ground; marker at Chernigov.

Primary sources for Chernigov (the Olgovichi)

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The Hypatian Chronicle (the Kievan Chronicle compiled about 1200 at the Vydubichi monastery; the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle in the 13th century). The southern record. Read online
• The Laurentian Chronicle (the Suzdal continuation kept in the late 12th and 13th centuries; manuscript 1377). The court record of Vsevolod III of Vladimir. Read online
• The Tale of Igor's Campaign (about 1187 to 1200 (disputed)). A poem on Igor Sviatoslavich's defeat by the Polovtsians in 1185 that addresses the princes of the day by name: Vsevolod of Vladimir, Rurik and David Rostislavich, Yaroslav of Galich, Roman of Volhynia and the Olgovichi of Chernigov, of whom Igor himself was prince from 1198. Read online