Rostislav Mikhailovich
13th-century Rus prince
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Rostislav Mikhailovich (Hungarian: Rosztyiszláv,[1] Bulgarian and Ukrainian: Ростислав Михайлович) (after 1210[2] / c. 1225 – 1262)[3] was a Rurikid prince and a dignitary in the Kingdom of Hungary.[1]
Rostislav Mikhailovich | |
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Rostislav with his retinue,miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century) | |
| Duke of Macsó | |
Reign | 1254–1262 |
Predecessor | new creation |
Successor | Béla |
| Born | after 1210 |
| Died | 1262 |
| Noble family | Olgovichi |
| Spouse | Anna of Hungary |
Issue | See below for issue |
| Father | Mikhail Vsevolodovich |
| Mother | Elena Romanovna of Halych |
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He was prince of Novgorod (1230), of Halych (1236–1237, 1241–1242), of Lutsk (1240), and of Chernigov (1241–1242).[2] When he could not strengthen his rule in Halych, he went to the court of King Béla IV of Hungary, and married the king's daughter, Anna.[1]
He was the Ban of Slavonia (1247–1248), and later he became the first Duke of Macsó (after 1248–1262), and thus he governed the southern parts of the kingdom.[1] In 1257, he occupied Vidin and thenceforward he styled himself Tsar of Bulgaria.[4]
Marriage and children
In 1243, Rostislav married Anna of Hungary (c. 1226 – after 1274), daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and his wife, Maria Laskarina.[1] Together they had the following children:
- Duke Michael of Bosnia (? – 1271)[1]
- Duke Béla of Macsó (? – November, 1272)[1]
- Unnamed daughter (perhaps Anna), wife firstly of Tsar Michael Asen I of Bulgaria, secondly of Tsar Koloman II of Bulgaria[4]
- Kunigunda (1245 – September 9, 1285), wife firstly of King Ottokar II of Bohemia, and secondly of nobleman Záviš of Falkenštejn (Rosenberg)
- Agrippina (? – May 26, 1303/1309), wife of Prince Leszek II of Cracow