Rostislav Mikhailovich (, Bulgarian and Ukrainian: Ростислав Михайлович) (after 1210 / c. 1225 – 1262) was a

Rurikid The Rurik dynasty, also known as the Rurikid or Riurikid dynasty, as well as simply Rurikids or Riurikids, was a noble lineage allegedly founded by the Varangian prince Rurik, who, according to tradition, established himself at Novgorod in the ...

prince and a dignitary in the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...

. He was

prince of Novgorod The Prince of Novgorod () was the title of the ruler of Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod in present-day Russia. From 1136, it was the title of the figurehead leader of the Novgorod Republic. The position was originally an appointed one until the late ...

(1230), of

Halych Halych (, ; ; ; ; , ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; ) is a historic List of cities in Ukraine, city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the Principality of Halych, the historic province of Galicia (Eastern Europe), ...

(1236–1237, 1241–1242), of

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(1240), and of Chernigov (1241–1242). When he could not strengthen his rule in Halych, he went to the court of King

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, and married the king's daughter, Anna. He was the

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(1247–1248), and later he became the first Duke of Macsó (after 1248–1262), and thus he governed the southern parts of the kingdom. In 1257, he occupied

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and thenceforward he styled himself ''Tsar'' of Bulgaria. Michael Chernigov

Marriage and children

In 1243, Rostislav married Anna of Hungary (c. 1226 – after 1274), daughter of King

and his wife, Maria Laskarina. Together they had the following children: *Duke Michael of Bosnia (? – 1271) *Duke

Béla of Macsó Béla of Macsó (after 1243 – November 1272) was a member of the Olgovichi clan. He was Duke of Macsó (1262–1272) and of Bosnia (1266/1271–1272); and thus he governed the southern provinces of the Kingdom of Hungary. Béla was the son o ...

(? – November, 1272) *''Unnamed daughter'' (perhaps Anna), wife firstly of Tsar

Michael Asen I of Bulgaria Michael II Asen (; 1239 – December 1256/January 1257) was emperor (tsar) of Second Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria from 1246 to 1256 or 1257. He was the son of Ivan Asen II and Irene Komnene Doukaina. He succeeded his half-brother, Kaliman I Asen. ...

, secondly of Tsar Koloman II of Bulgaria * Kunigunda (1245 – September 9, 1285), wife firstly of King

Ottokar II of Bohemia Ottokar II (; , in Městec Králové, Bohemia – 26 August 1278, in Dürnkrut, Austria, Dürnkrut, Lower Austria), the Iron and Golden King, was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty who reigned as King of Bohemia from 1253 until his death in 1278 ...

, and secondly of nobleman Záviš of Falkenštejn ( Rosenberg) * Agrippina (? – May 26, 1303/1309), wife of Prince Leszek II of Cracow

Ancestors

Footnotes

Sources

* * * *Dimnik, Martin: ''The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246''; Cambridge University Press, 2003, Cambridge; . * * * * * *Kristó, Gyula: Középkori históriák oklevelekben (1002-1410) ''(Medieval Stories in Royal Charters /1002-1410/)''; Szegedi Középkorász Műhely in association with the Gondolat Kiadó, 1992, Szeged; . *Kristó, Gyula ''(General Editor)'' - Engel, Pál ''(Editor)'' - Makk, Ferenc ''(Editor)'': Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9-14. század) ''(Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History /9th-14th centuries/)''; Akadémiai Kiadó, 1994, Budapest; . * *Zsoldos, Attila: Családi ügy - IV. Béla és István ifjabb király viszálya az 1260-as években ''(A Family Affair - The Conflict of Béla IV and Junior King Stephen in the 1260s)''; História - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, 2007, Budapest; . * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rostislav of Slavonia 13th-century births 1262 deaths Year of birth unknown Olgovichi family Princes of Chernigov Princes of Galicia 13th-century Bulgarian people 13th-century monarchs in Europe Monarchs of the Second Bulgarian Empire History of Vidin Bans of Croatia Dukes of Macsó 13th century in Serbia People from Vidin Princes of Novgorod