Oleg II Svyatoslavich
Prince of Novgorod-Seversk
About Oleg II Svyatoslavich
Lived 1137 – 1180 (aged 42–43).
Oleg II Svyatoslavich was prince of Novgorod-Seversk from 1164 until the year 1180. He was Prince of Putivl (, Kursk , and upon his father's death, Novgorod-Seversk .
Oleg was born around 1136 as a son of Sviatoslav Olgovich, Prince of Chernigov , and an unnamed Cuman princess, daughter of Aepa, son of Girgen. Dimnik (2003) posited that his mother died while giving birth to him, as his father remarried in 1136 to Catherine of Chernigov. Oleg himself married Maria Yurievna (died 1166), daughter of Yuri Dolgorukiy and his first wife, the daughter of Aepa, son of Osen.
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Who was Oleg II Svyatoslavich?
Prince of Novgorod-Seversk
When was Oleg II Svyatoslavich born?
Oleg II Svyatoslavich was born in 1137.
When did Oleg II Svyatoslavich die?
Oleg II Svyatoslavich died on 18 January 1180.
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