Pereyaslavl (Vsevolod's men)

Who he is

Name

Not pinned: Yaroslav Mstislavich (Vsevolod's great-nephew), whom the princely lists put in Pereyaslavl without dates, if he still lives; otherwise Vsevolod's governors

Title

Prince or governor of Pereyaslavl for Vsevolod III

Since

After 1187 (not pinned)

Born

not pinned

Family

Yaroslav Mstislavich is taken to be a son of Mstislav Rostislavich (Bezokiy), grandson of Rostislav Yurievich and great-grandson of Yuri Dolgoruky.

Confidence

low

en.wikipedia's list of princes of Pereyaslavl: Vladimir Glebovich (1169-1187), Yaroslav Mstislavich (no dates), Vsevolod III (to 1206). ru.wikipedia names no prince for 1187-1201.

Overlord

Vsevolod III of Vladimir.

What it holds

• Pereyaslavl and its inner land (Pereyaslavl)
• Gorodets on the Oster (Oster)
• The Sula forts (Voin, Lubno, Romen)

How it was acquired

Vsevolod's inheritance as the senior Monomashich after 1187.

Allies and rivals

Vsevolod III; against the Cumans and wary of the Olgovichi.

How things stand that morning

Held for Vsevolod; the prince in the town not pinned.

Wealth

As in Pereyaslavl (Vsevolod III's).

Military

The garrisons of Pereyaslavl, Oster and the Sula forts.

Threats

• The Cumans
• The Olgovichi

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.

1. 1200 (en.wikipedia; possibly 1201)Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, aged nine, arrives as prince of Pereyaslavl.Depends on: Vsevolod's decision. Stopped by: War or a rival's seizure of the town.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The princely lists disagree and give no dates for 1187-1200.

On the map: Who governed in Pereyaslavl that winter is not pinned; the land is drawn as Vsevolod's.

Primary sources for Pereyaslavl (Vsevolod III's)

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