Rostislava Mstislavna (Russian: Ростислава Мстиславна; Christian name: Feodosia; Russian: Феодосия; died 1241/1244) was the grand princess consort of Vladimir from 1214 until her death as the second wife of Yaroslav II.
Life
Her parents were Mstislav Mstislavich ("the Bold") and a daughter (christened Maria) of the Kipchak khan Kotyan. Information about her is scarce and controversial.12
She married Yaroslav II of Vladimir in 1214,1 and is said to have two daughters as well as seven, eight, or nine sons, including Alexander Nevsky,21 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 Yevfrosiniya (Euphrosyne).2
She is known to have overseen the construction of the first (wooden) building of the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos on Mikhalitsa in Novgorod.45
References
References
- 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.
- s:ru:РБС/ВТ/Феодосия Мстиславовна
- D. Dąbrowski (Д. Домбровский), Из Исследований Генеалогии Смоленских Ростиславичей: Была Ли Дочь Мстислава Мстиславича Матерью Александра Невского? (Возвращение К Проблеме)
- Novgorod First Chronicle, p. 44
- Церковь Рождества Богородицы Михайлицкого монастыря на Молотковской улице, 1379 г., нач. XIIв
Further reading
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