Ingvar is the senior of the sons of Yaroslav Izyaslavich and has held Lutsk, the strongest Volhynian town after Vladimir, since the early 1180s, having earlier held Dorogobuzh.
He stands close to Roman: in 1201-1202 Roman will put him on the throne of Kiev with Vsevolod III's consent, and a daughter of his will marry Roman's ally Leszek in 1207 or 1208. He governs his own land with his own retinue.
Who he is
- Name
- Ingvar Yaroslavich
- Title
- Prince of Lutsk
- Since
- 1180-1183 (en.wikipedia: Lutsk 1180-1220, taken over from his brother Vsevolod in 1183)
- Born
- not pinned
- Family
- Son of Yaroslav Izyaslavich of Lutsk (died 1180), a grandson of Izyaslav Mstislavich; first cousin of Roman. Brothers: Vsevolod (Lutsk until 1183) and Mstislav the Mute (Peresopnitsa). Children named later: Izyaslav (later of Dorogobuzh), Sviatoslav (later of Shumsk), Yaroslav, Boris, and a daughter who marries Leszek the White in 1207 or 1208 (older writers call her Grzymisława; modern research gives that name to Leszek's second wife, married 1210-1211, perhaps a daughter of Yaroslav Vladimirovich); which children were born by 1 January 1200 is not pinned.
- Confidence
- medium
en.wikipedia (Ingvar Yaroslavich, citing Holovko, the Russian Biographical Dictionary and Voitovych). He refused to receive the exiled Vladimir Yaroslavich of Galich at Dorogobuzh in 1183; he is Roman's candidate for Kiev in 1201-1202 and holds it again in 1212; he dies in 1220.
Overlord
None formal; follows Roman.
What it holds
- Lutsk and its land (Lutsk)
- Dorogobuzh and Shumsk in the branch's sphere, holders not pinned (Dorogobuzh, Shumsk)
How it was acquired
Inherited from his father; Lutsk taken over from his brother Vsevolod in 1183.
Allies and rivals
Allied with Roman; earlier (1180) with Rurik against Sviatoslav of Chernigov.
How things stand that morning
Prince of Lutsk, following Roman (allegiance galicia).
Wealth
Lutsk's tolls on the Styr and the Kiev road; furs, honey and wax of the Volhynian Polesia.
Military
His retinue and the Lutsk host; the earth-and-timber castle of Lutsk in the Styr marshes.
Threats
- Lithuanian and Yotvingian raids
- Rivalry within the branch
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 1201 or 1202 (later)Installed in Kiev by Roman.Depends on: Roman's victory over Rurik. Stopped by: A Roman-Rurik settlement.
Where the sources disagree
- en.wikipedia dates his Kievan reigns 1202 and 1212; other lists give 1201-1202 and 1203-1204.
Evidence: Lutsk is his from the early 1180s to 1220 in the genealogical handbooks; no source of 1199-1200 itself.
On the map: Rough appanage bounds; the line with Peresopnitsa is a guess.
Primary sources for The Volhynian princes apart from Roman
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
- Chronicle of the Poles, by Master Vincent (Wincenty Kadłubek), Wincenty Kadłubek (about 1190 to 1208). Book 4 is a contemporary's account of the fight for the senior throne of Kraków. 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
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.