Vladimir Igorevich of Putivl

Who he is

Name

Vladimir Igorevich

Title

Prince of Putivl (and perhaps of Novgorod-Seversky since 1198: not pinned)

Since

Putivl by 1185 (aged 14); Novgorod-Seversky 1198-1206 by ru.wikipedia, not pinned

Born

8 October 1170; aged 29

Family

Eldest son of Igor Sviatoslavich and Euphrosyne of Galich; married Svoboda, daughter of Khan Konchak, in Cuman captivity, and brought her home in 1187 or 1188 (wedding 26 September); sons Izyaslav and Vsevolod, born about 1188

Confidence

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en.wikipedia lists him as prince of Putivl (from 1180 in the infobox); ru.wikipedia (Igor) gives Putivl 1185-1198 and 1208-1210 and Novgorod-Seversky 1198-1206. Dimnik (via en.wikipedia, Oleg III) puts Oleg Sviatoslavich at Novgorod-Seversky in 1200-1201.

Overlord

His father Igor, senior prince at Chernigov.

What it holds

• Putivl and its district on the Seim (certain for 1185; probable for 1200)
• Perhaps Novgorod-Seversky (see Novgorod-Seversky)
• A claim to Galich through his mother (The younger Igorevichi)

How it was acquired

Putivl from his father, by 1185.

Allies and rivals

His father and brothers; his Cuman in-laws (Konchak's horde); against Roman Mstislavich in Galich.

How things stand that morning

Holds Putivl; perhaps Novgorod-Seversky as well. No act of his is recorded between 1188 and 1206.

Wealth

Tribute and tolls of the upper Seim; the steppe trade in horses and cattle through his Cuman kin.

Military

His retinue and the Putivl town host. Putivl held out in 1185 when the Cuman khan Gzak burned its outer defences after the Kayala.

Threats

• Cuman raids up the Seim from hordes outside Konchak's kin
• Displacement by the elder line if Novgorod-Seversky passes to Oleg Sviatoslavich

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. During 1200 (Dimnik's chronology)If he holds Novgorod-Seversky, gives it up to Oleg Sviatoslavich and keeps Putivl.Depends on: Dimnik's reconstruction; Igor agreeing. Stopped by: Igor keeping the seat for his son.
2. 1206 (beyond 1200)Called to Galich by the Galician boyars after Roman's death (19 June 1205).Depends on: Roman's death. Stopped by: Roman living.

Places of note

• Putivl: His seat, the fort of the upper Seim.

Where the sources disagree

• Novgorod-Seversky 1198-1206 (ru.wikipedia, Igor) against Oleg Sviatoslavich 1200-1201 (en.wikipedia after Dimnik) and the view that the seat went to the elder line in 1198 (ru.wikipedia, Novgorod-Seversky principality).

Evidence: The Kievan Chronicle is full on 1185-1188; nothing names his seat between 1188 and 1206.

On the map: Drawn as the Putivl district only; Novgorod-Seversky is drawn as that town's district (Novgorod-Seversky).

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