Sviatoslav III | |
Succession: | Prince of Chernigov |
Reign1: | 1164–1177 |
Predecessor1: | Sviatoslav Olgovich |
Successor1: | Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich |
House: | Olgovichi |
Father: | Vsevolod II Olgovich |
Mother: | Maria Mstislavna of Kiev |
Spouse: | Maria Vasilkovna of Polotsk |
Issue: | Vsevolod IV of Kiev Oleg III Svyatoslavich[1] |
Birth Date: | 1126 |
Birth Place: | Chernigov[2] |
Death Date: | 27 July 1194 |
Death Place: | Kiev[3] |
Sviatoslav III Vsevolodovich (died 1194) was Prince of Turov (1142 and 1154), Volhynia (1141–1146), Pinsk (1154), Novgorod-Seversk (1157–1164), Chernigov (1164–1177), Grand Prince of Kiev (1174; 1177–1180; 1182–1194). He was the son of Vsevolod II Olgovich.[2]
He succeeded in taking the Kievan throne from Yaroslav II, and ruled Kiev alongside Rurik Rostislavich until his death. The co-princedom did not go smoothly and there were disagreements between Sviatoslav and Rurik, until Sviatoslav was taken ill and died on 27 July 1194.