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He was the son of Svyatoslav Ol'govich, appanage prince of
Novgorod-Severia, and Maria. He became appanage prince of Novgorod-Severia from
the death of his father about 1164 - to 1176 and then he moved up to be
appanage prince of Chernigiv. He married about 1165 with Agraf'ia daughter of
Rostislav Mstislavich, appanage prince of Smolensk
and then prince of Kyiv. Their sons were David and
Svyatoslav, prince of Chernigiv. He should not be
confused with his grandfather, Oleg Svyatoslavich, son
of Svyatoslav II, who founded the family line at Chernigiv before dying in
1076. Both Oleg's are shown on this family chart.
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