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YAROSLAV III YAROSLAVICH (? - 1272)

 
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The date of his birth is not known. He was the son of Yaroslav II Vsyevolodovich, grand prince of Vladimir and Yaroslav's second wife, Rostoslava-Feodosia Mstislavna, princess of Novgorod. He married a first wife whose name is unknown who died in 1252 and then in 1266 with Ksyenia, daughter of Yuri Mikhailovich, a Novgorod boyar. He is shown on this chart.His sons from the second marriage were Mikhail Starshi, prince of Tver; Svyatoslav; Mikhail II, appanage prince of Tver; and he had two daughters. On this chart we show the family at Tver.
He was the appanage prince of Tver, when the realm began to stabilize after the Mongol invasion, from about 1247 to about 1271-2. And he was grand prince of Vladimir from about 1263-4 to his death in 1271-2. To obtain the Kypchak khan's yarlik for Vladimir he struggled with his brother, Alexandr Nevski. He founded the house of Tver, whose princes struggled for centuries with the princes of Moscow for supremacy in Russia.
Chronology:
1226 - his father, Yaroslav Vsyevolodovich campaigns in Estonia.
1230 - his father again elected prince of Novgorod.
1234 - battle of Embakh river - his father and older brother, Alexander, are fighting the Teutonic Knights. After battle of Derpt his father receives Periyaslavl Zaleski.
1237-8 - his uncle, Yuri II, killed in battle against Mongols. Was Yaroslav in Lithuania with his father? At any rate he escaped the Mongols.
1238 - his father, Yaroslav, appointed grand prince of Vladimir by Mongols.
1246 - his father dies while on required visit to Karakorum in Mongolia. His uncle, Svyatoslav III, becomes grand prince of Vladimir
1247 - he is given Tver as principality, previously the city had been governed by a namestnik appointed by his father.
1255 - he supports one brother, Andrei, for title of grand prince of Vladimir, against another brother, Aleksandr Nevski. Andrei is defeated by Aleksandr and Tatar troops forcing Yaroslav to flee. His wife is killed and his son taken prisoner.
1258 - he receives yarlik again for Tver.
1263 - on death of his brother, Aleksandr, he receives yarlik from Berke for grand prince of Vladimir. This makes Tver the political capital. He is also appointed prince of Novgorod and tries to expand Tver at Novgorod's expense but fails in this.
1272 - on his death he is succeeded as prince of Tver by his son, Svyatoslav Yaroslavich, and as grand prince of Vladimir by his uncle, Vasilii Yaroslavich.

 
     

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