Simeon Olelkovich
| Simeon Olelkovich | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Prince of Kiev | |
| Reign | 1454–1470 |
| Predecessor | Alexander Olelko |
| Successor | Position abolished |
| Born | 1420 Slutsk |
| Died | 1470 Kiev (Kyiv) |
| Burial | Kiev Pechersk Lavra |
| Spouse | Maria, daughter of Jonas Goštautas |
| Dynasty | Olelkovich |
| Father | Alexander Olelko |
Simeon (Simon) Olelkovich[1] (Belarusian: Сямён Алелькавіч, Ukrainian: Семен Олелькович, Russian: Семён Олелькович, Lithuanian: Simonas Olelkaitis; 1420–1470[2]) was the last Prince of Kiev from 1454 to 1470[3] and the Prince of Slutsk from 1443 to 1455.[4]
A member of the Olelkovich family, he descended from heavily Ruthenianized Orthodox branch of the Gediminids dynasty and was a great-grandson of Olgierd, the Grand Duke of Lithuania. After his father's death he inherited the Principality of Kiev. He conducted an independent policy, fought with the Crimean Tatars, maintained close ties with the Principality of Moldavia, the Genoese colonies and the Principality of Theodoro in the Crimea.
He married Maria (d. 1501), daughter of Jan Gasztołd, by whom he had three children, Vasily (d. 1595), Alexandra, wife of Fedor Ivanovich Borovsky, and Sophia (d. 1483), wife of Mikhail III of Tver, the last Prince of Tver.[5]
After the death of Simon Olelkovich, the Principality of Kiev was transformed into the Kiev Voivodeship. His son received the Principality of Pinsk as compensation, but he died young and was succeeded first by his mother, Maria, and then by his brother-in-law, Fedor, after her death. None of his children had any issue.[6]
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- ^ Sacrum Poloniae millennium: rozprawy, szkice, materialy, historyczne. Typis Pontificiae Universitatis Gregorianae, 1958
- ^ Олельковичі. Інститут української мови НАН України
- ^ Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego S.J.. Front Cover. Kasper Niesiecki. Nakładem i drukiem Breitkopfa i Haertela, 1845 - Heraldry.(in Polish)
- ^ The last Princes of Sluck and the West - The Journal of Belarusian
- ^ Pazdnyako A. Alelkavichy //Petty Princes of Lithuania. Encyclopedia, vol. 3: 2005. - T. 1: Abalenski - Kadenzya. - S. 218-219. - p. 684
- ^ Tver (appanages and grand-princes) // Russian biographical dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
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- F. Shabuldo. Simon Olelkovich // Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine, 2012. p 522. (in Ukrainian)
- Леонтій ВОЙТОВИЧ. КНЯЗІВСЬКІ ДИНАСТІЇ СХІДНОЇ ЄВРОПИ (кінець IX — початок XVI ст.): склад, суспільна і політична роль. Історико-генеалогічне дослідження. - Львів, 2000 р (in Ukrainian)
- Г. Івакін. Історичний розвиток Києва XIII — середина XVI ст. — К., 1996. — С. 42-108. (in Ukrainian)
- Długosz Jan. Dziejów polskich… — Tom V. — 1870 — S. 515 (in Polish)
- Semkowicz W. Gasztołd Jan (Iwaszko) // Polski Słownik Biograficzny. — Kraków, 1948—1958. — t. VII. — S. 298. (in Polish)
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