Sviatoslav III of Vladimir, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sviatoslav III of Vladimir

Grand Prince of Vladimir

Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1196

Date of Death: 03-Feb-1252

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Sviatoslav III of Vladimir

  • Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich of Vladimir (Russian: ????????? III ????????????) (27 March 1196 โ€“ 3 February 1252) was the Prince of Novgorod (1200โ€“1205, 1207โ€“1210) and Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal (1246โ€“1248). Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich was the sixth son of Vsevolod the Big Nest and Maria Shvarnovna.
  • During the partition of his father's lands, he received the town of Yuriev-Polsky.
  • It was he who commissioned the town's principal landmark, the Cathedral of St.
  • George, constructed in 1230โ€“34.
  • In 1220 Sviatoslav sacked Asli in Volga Bulgaria. Sviatoslav's reign in Vladimir was short and uneventful.
  • In 1248, his nephew Mikhail Khorobrit of Moscow, in defiance of the centuries-old succession system, seized the city of Vladimir and ousted Sviatoslav back to Yuriev-Polsky.
  • Two years later, Sviatoslav and his son visited the Golden Horde, pleading with the Khan to reinstate him on the grand princely throne.
  • He died on 3 February 1252 and was buried in Yuriev-Polsky.

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