Vladimir is a small boy (seven, or five by another date) living at his father's court.
He is given Yuryev-Polsky in 1212 and Moscow in 1213, and later rules the southern Pereyaslavl and Starodub; all later.
Who he is
- Name
- Vladimir (Dmitry) Vsevolodovich
- Title
- prince, son of the grand prince
- Since
- not applicable: no town of his own on 1 January 1200
- Born
- 25 October 1192 by en.wikipedia's Vsevolod page, 1194 by its Maria Shvarnovna page; aged 7 or 5
- Family
- Unmarried.
- Confidence
- high
en.wikipedia (birth dates); Laurentian Chronicle as summarised in the standard accounts
Overlord
His father, Grand Prince Vsevolod III
What it holds
- No town or land of his own on 1 January 1200: he lives at his father's court in Vladimir
How it was acquired
Not applicable.
Allies and rivals
His father's allies. The brothers' rivalry belongs to the future (Konstantin against Yuri and Yaroslav, 1212-1216).
How things stand that morning
At his father's court in Vladimir, without a town.
Wealth
His father's household; no revenues of his own are recorded.
Military
None of his own.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The Laurentian Chronicle records the births of Vsevolod's children; their later careers are well documented.
On the map: Not drawn: he holds no land on 1 January 1200.
Primary sources for Vladimir-Suzdal
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 Chronicle of Novgorod (kept year by year; the Synodal manuscript written in the 13th and 14th centuries). Novgorod's own record, kept at St Sophia. Read online
- 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 birch-bark letters (11th to 15th centuries). Excavated letters and notes on birch bark, dated by the layer they lie in. 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
- Wikipedia (en): Vsevolod the Big Nest (birth, children's birth dates, death)
- The Laurentian (Suzdal) Chronicle, PSRL vol. 1, entries for 1176-1212, cited from the researcher's knowledge of the standard accounts (not fetched in this run: ru.wikipedia, fmg.ac and the archive.org texts would not load)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.