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Mikhail Vsevolodovich (Михаил Всеволодович in Russian) (1179? - September 20, 1246) was the last prominent ruler of Kiev from the bloodline of Oleg Svyatoslavich .

==Life==

Mikhail was the only known son of Vsevolod IV of Kiev by a Polish princess. From 1216 he was a prince of Pereyaslav. In 1223 he participated in the fateful Battle of the Kalka River, where his uncle died, leaving Chernigov to him. In 1225 and 1229 he was documented as the prince of Novgorod. From 1229 to 1332 he feuded with Yaroslav Vsevolodovich and in 1235 he conspired with Bela IV of Hungary and took Galich (modern Halych) from his brother-in-law Daniel. Two years later, he left Galich to his son and occupied Kiev.

At that time Batu Khan, who was devastating Vladimir-Suzdal, sent his envoys to Mikhail and demanded his unconditional submission. Mikhail ordered the envoys to be killed and escaped to Hungary and then to Poland. He returned to devastated Kiev in 1241 and lived on the nearby island, after the Mongol hordes had passed westward. Due to the wedding of his son Rostislav to the the daughter of king Bela IV of Hungary Mikhail went to Hungary again and stayed there for several years.

In 1245 he returned to Chernigov. The Mongols, however, viewed him with suspicion. In order to gain their license for Chernigov, Mikhail went to the court of Batu Khan. He was ordered by the Mongols to worship fire, and, refusing to take part in a pagan ritual, was stabbed to death on September 20, 1246.

Initially burried in Chernigov, his relics were moved to Moscow in 1572 when the Russian Orthodox Church declared him saint. In 1774 they were placed to the silver reliquary in the Archangel Cathedral of Moscow Kremlin. The reliquary was stolen during the Napoleon's invasion (1812) and later replaced by a bronze one.

Progeny

Numerous Russian princely family, such as Dolgorukov, Volkonsky, Repnin, and Gorchakov, claimed descent from Mikhail of Chernigov. While there is nothing improbable in such a descendance, Mikhail's only documented son was Rostislav (1225-61). Following his father's death, he lived at the court of his father-in-law, Bela |V. He served as the Hungarian governor (ban) of Slavonia and Machva. Shortly before his death Rostislav moved to Bulgaria, where he proclaimed himself tsar.

1. Rostislav Mikhailovich, Prince of Chernigov, Tsar of Bulgaria, *1225, +1262; md 1243 Anna of Hungary (*1226/27, +ca 1270)

1.1 Bela, Prince of Bosnia, +November 1272

1.2 Michael, Ban of Serbia, Tsar of Bulgaria, +ca 1272; md a daughter of Tsar Ivan II Asen

1.2.1 Ivan III Asen, Tsar of Bulgaria 1279-80, +ca 1302; md 1278 :1.2.1.2.1 Irene Asanina; md ca 1350 Georgios Philanthropenos, archon of Lemnos

1.2.1.3 Maria Asanina; md Roger de Flor

1.2.1.4 Anna Asanina; md Michael Dukas Angelos

1.2.2 Maria; md Tsar George I of Bulgaria (+1292)

1.3 Agrippina, +ca 1305; md 1265 Leszek II the Black, Prince of Krakow (*1240/42, +1288) Irene Palaiologina, daughter of Emperor Michael VIII

1.2.1.1 Andronikos Asanes, despot of Morea; md a daughter of Michael Dukas

1.2.1.1.1 Irene Asanina; md ca 1320 Emperor John VI of Bzyantium (*1292, +15.03.1382)

1.2.1.2 Isaakos Asanes, +ca 1351; md ca 1320 a daughter of Abaqa Khan

1.4 Elisaveta, +ca 1298; md 1stly 1258 Tsar Michael II Asen (*ca 1238, +1259); md 2ndly Tsar Koloman of Bulgaria (+1258); md 3rdly May 1260 Moys II Daroy, Palatine of Hungary (*ca 1210, +1281)

1.5 Kunigunda, *1245, +09.09.1285; md 1stly 25.10.1261 King Premysl Otakar II of Bohemia (*ca 1233, +26.08.1278); md 2ndly 02.06.1284 Zavish von Falkenstein-Rostenberg (+24.08.1290)

• 1179 births
• 1246 deaths
• Russian leaders
• Saints
• Murdered Russian monarchs