Rostislava Mstislavna

Grand Duchess Rostislava Mstislavna, Christian name: Feodosia (Theodosia) was the second wife of Yaroslav II, Grand Duke of Novgorod and Vladimir. Her parents were Mstislav Mstislavich the Bold and a daughter (christened Maria) of the Kipchak Khan Kotyan. The information about her is scarce and controversial.[1][2]

She married Yaroslav in 1214[1] and is said to have two daughters and 7, 8, or 9 sons, including Alexander Nevsky,[2][1] although some claim that Yaroslav's issue is from his third wife.[3] She died in Novgorod in 1241 or 1244, assuming the monastic name Euphrosyne.[2]

She is known to oversee the construction of the first (wooden) building of the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos on Mikhalitsa in Veliky Novgorod.[4][5]

Construction of the church on Mikhalitsa by Rostislava (Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible)

References

  1. ^ a b c Ростислава Мстиславовна, в св. крещении Феодосия, citing Алфавитно-справочный перечень государей русских и замечательнейших особ их крови / сост. М.Д. Хмыровым. - Санкт-Петербург : [б. и.], 1993. - 165, [1] с., ил.
  2. ^ a b c s:ru:РБС/ВТ/Феодосия Мстиславовна
  3. ^ D. Dąbrowski (Д. Домбровский), ÈÇ ÈÑÑËÅÄÎÂÀÍÈÉ ÃÅÍÅÀËÎÃÈÈ ÑÌÎËÅÍÑÊÈÕ ÐÎÑÒÈÑËÀÂÈ×ÅÉ: ÁÛËÀ ËÈ ÄÎ×Ü ÌÑÒÈÑËÀÂÀ ÌÑÒÈÑËÀÂÈ×À ÌÀÒÅÐÜÞ ÀËÅÊÑÀÍÄÐÀ ÍÅÂÑÊÎÃÎ? (ÂÎÇÂÐÀÙÅÍÈÅ Ê ÏÐÎÁËÅÌÅ)
  4. ^ Novgorod First Chronicle, p. 44
  5. ^ Церковь Рождества Богородицы Михайлицкого монастыря на Молотковской улице, 1379 г., нач. XIIв

Further reading

  • Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition, London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999, table 136
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