Sudislav
{{Short description|Prince of Pskov from 1014 to 1036}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Sudislav Vladimirovich
| title =
| image = Ярослав I Мудрый отбирает меч у Судислава в знак лишения княжеской власти.jpg
| caption = Yaroslav I the Wise takes away the sword from Sudislav as a sign of the deprivation of princely power
| succession = Prince of Pskov
| reign = 1014–1036
| birth_place = Kiev
| death_date = 1063
| death_place = Kiev
| burial_place = Kiev
| house = Rurik
| house-type = Dynasty
| father = Vladimir the Great
}}
Sudislav Vladimirovich ({{langx|ru|Судислав Владимирович}}; {{langx|orv|Сꙋдиславъ Володимировичъ}}; died 1063) was Prince of Pskov from 1014 to 1036. He was imprisoned by his brother, Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev, in about 1035. He was liberated from the prison in 1059 and died as a monk in a monastery in Kiev.
Family
He was the youngest son of Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev.{{sfn|Martin|1993|pp=28, 422}} His mother's name is unknown.{{sfn|Martin|1993|p=28}}
Biography
Sudislav received the Principality of Pskov from his father.{{sfn|Dimnik|1994|p=18}} His brother, Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise seized and incarcerated him around 1035.{{sfn|Dimnik|1994|pp=18, 44}} Around that time Sudislav was the only surviving brother of Yaroslav the Wise who attempted to secure the succession for his own sons.{{sfn|Martin|1993|p=422}}
He spent about 25 years in prison before his three nephews{{mdash}}Iziaslav of Kiev, Sviatoslav of Chernigov, and Vsevolod of Pereyaslav{{mdash}}set him free in 1059.{{sfn|Dimnik|1994|p=44}}{{sfn|Franklin|Shepard|1996|p=249}} According to the Primary Chronicle,Primary Chronicle (year 6567), p. 143. on his release Sudislav was forced to swear an "oath of fealty" to them and to take "the monastic habit".{{sfn|Dimnik|1994|p=44}}{{sfn|Franklin|Shepard|1996|p=254}} Sudislav settled in the Monastery of Saint George in Kiev where he died in 1063.{{sfn|Dimnik|1994|p=45}}
References
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Sources
{{Refbegin}}
- {{cite book |last=Dimnik |first=Martin |year=1994 |title=The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1054–1146 |publisher= Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies |isbn=0-88844-116-9}}
- {{cite book |last1=Franklin |first1=Simon |last2=Shepard |first2=Jonathan |year=1996 |title=The Emergence of Rus 750–1200 |url=https://archive.org/details/emergenceofrus750000fran |url-access=registration |publisher=Longman |isbn=0-582-49091X }}
- {{cite book |last=Martin |first=Janet |year=1993 |title=Medieval Russia, 980–1584 |publisher= Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-67636-6}}
- The Russian Primary Chronicle: Laurentian Text (Translated and edited by Samuel Hazzard Cross and Olgerd P. Sherbowitz-Wetzor) (1953). Medieval Academy of America. {{ISBN|978-0-915651-32-0}}.
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