Editing Vladimir of Novgorod

{{Short description|Prince of Novgorod from 1036 to 1052}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Vladimir of Novgorod
| title        = [[Prince of Novgorod]]
| image        = 
| caption      = 
| reign        = 1036–1052
| coronation   = 
| othertitles  = 
| full name    = Vladimir Yaroslavovich
| predecessor  = 
| successor    = 
| spouse       = Anna
| issue        = [[Rostislav Vladimirovich|Rostislav]]<br />Yaropolk
| house        = [[Rurik dynasty|Rurik]]
| royal anthem = 
| father       = [[Yaroslav the Wise]]
| mother       = [[Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden|Ingegerd Olofsdotter]]
| birth_date   = 1020
| birth_place  = 
| death_date   = October 4, 1052
| death_place  = [[Novgorod]]
| date of burial = 
| place of burial = [[Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod|St.&nbsp;Sophia Cathedral]], [[Novgorod]]|
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'''Vladimir Yaroslavich''' ({{langx|ru|Владимир Ярославич}}; {{langx|non|Valdamarr Jarizleifsson}};<ref>''[[Fagrskinna]]'' ch. 67 (Alison Finlay, ''Fagrskinna: A Catalogue of the Kings of Norway'' Brill (2004), [https://books.google.com/books?id=SmJ8v1ENhg4C&pg=PA236 p. 236])</ref> 1020 – October 4, 1052) was [[Prince of Novgorod]] from 1036 until his death in 1052.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rhyne |first1=George N. |last2=Adams |first2=Bruce Friend |title=The Supplement to The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian, Soviet and Eurasian History: Chicago world's fair, Russian presence at - Constitution of Armenia, 1945 |date=2005 |publisher=Academic International Press |isbn=978-0-87569-142-8 |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m0tpAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> He was the eldest son of [[Yaroslav I the Wise]] by [[Ingegerd Olofsdotter]], a daughter of [[Olof Skötkonung]], the king of [[Sweden]].<ref>Traditionally, Ingegerd is associated with Anna of Novgorod, who is buried in the cathedral in another niche near Vladimir.  However, Soviet archaeologists who opened her sarcophagus found the remains to be that of a woman in her 30s, whereas Ingegard is said to have lived into her fifties.  Thus it is thought that Vladimir's mother, Anna, was Yaroslav's first wife and is not the same person as Ingegerd.</ref> He is venerated as a saint in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], with his feast being on 4 October.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich of Novgorod |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2014/10/04/102853-right-believing-prince-vladimir-yaroslavich-of-novgorod |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=www.oca.org}}</ref>

==Life==
In state affairs, he was assisted by the [[voivode]] [[Vyshata]] and the [[Archbishop of Novgorod|bishop]] [[Luka Zhidiata]]. In 1042, Vladimir may have been [[Novgorodian raids into Finland|in conflict with Finns]], according to some interpretations even making a military campaign in Finland.<ref>The first indisputable Novgorodian expedition to Finland was done in 1191. ''Suomen varhaiskeskiajan lähteitä''. Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy, 1989. {{ISBN|951-96006-1-2}}. See also {{cite web|url=http://193.184.161.234/DF/detail.php?id=12|title=online description of the conflict|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927051307/http://193.184.161.234/DF/detail.php?id=12 |archive-date=2007-09-27}} from [[Laurentian Codex]] as hosted by the [http://www.narc.fi National Archive of Finland]. In Swedish.</ref> In the next year he led the Russian armies [[Rus'-Byzantine War (1043)|against the Byzantine emperor]] [[Constantine IX]]. He predeceased his father by two years and was buried by him in [[Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod|St Sophia Cathedral]] he had built in [[Novgorod]]. His sarcophagus is in a niche on the south side of the main body of the cathedral overlooking the Martirievskii Porch. He is depicted in an early twentieth-century fresco above the sarcophagus and on a new effigial icon on top of the sarcophagus.<ref>T. N. Tsarevskaia, ''Sofiiskii Sobor v Novgorode''.</ref> The details of his death is unknown, however his son Rostislav and his descendants were in unfriendly relationship with the descendants of the Yaroslaviches triumvirate (Iziaslav, Sviatoslav, and Vsevolod). Three of Vladimir's younger brothers [[Izyaslav I]], [[Svyatoslav II]] and [[Vsevolod I, Prince of Kiev|Vsevolod I]] all reigned in Kiev, while other two (Igor and Vyacheslav) died in their early twenties after which their lands were split between the Yaroslaviches triumvirate. Coincidentally, Vyshata of Novgorod pledged his support to Rostislav in the struggle against the triumvirate.

Vladimir's only son, [[Rostislav Vladimirovich]], was a landless prince who usurped power in [[Tmutarakan]]. His descendants<ref>{{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/russia/rurik3.html |title= His descendants |publisher= Genealogy.EU}}</ref> were dispossessed by their uncles and were proclaimed as [[izgoi]] (outcast), but gradually managed to establish themselves in [[Halychyna]], ruling the land until 1199, when their line became extinct. In order to downplay their claims to Kiev, the records of Vladimir's military campaigns seem to have been obliterated from Kievan chronicles. As a result, medieval historians often confuse him with two more famous namesakes — [[Vladimir the Great]] and [[Vladimir Monomakh]]. The name of Vladimir's [[Princess consort|consort]] is also uncertain: According to Nikolai Baumgarten, Vladimir was married to [[Oda of Stade|Ode]], the daughter of count Leopold of Staden, whereas others (including [[Aleksandr Nazarenko]]) disregard that assumption or claim a different person.

Vladimir's memory was better preserved in foreign sources. In [[Norse saga]]s he frequently figures as Valdemar Holti (that is, "the Nimble"). [[George Cedrenus]] noticed Vladimir's arrogance in dealing with the Byzantines.

== Veneration ==
{{Infobox saint
|honorific_prefix= [[Saint]]
|name=Vladimir Yaroslavich of Novgorod
|titles=[[Right-Believing]], Wonderworker
|birth_date=1020
|death_date=4 October, 1052
|feast_day=4 October
|venerated_in=[[Eastern Orthodox Church]]
|canonized_date=1439
|canonized_by=[[Euthymius II of Novgorod]]|attributes=sword}}
Vladimir was [[Glorification|glorified]] as a saint in 1439 by Saint [[Euthymius II of Novgorod]], the Archbishop of Novogorod.<ref name=":0" /> His feast day was established on 4 October.

==Further reading==
*Volkoff, Vladimir ''Vladimir, the Russian Viking''. Overlook Press, 1985.
*Wanaselja, Lee; Saltares, Javier (art): ''Vladimir: Prince of Russia''. Kingstone Comics, 2012. ''(graphic novel)''

==References==
{{Reflist}}6.  Coggeshall, Robt W.  "Ancestors and Kin" (1988), p 189{{s-start}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Prince of Novgorod]]|years=1034–1052}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Iziaslav I of Kiev|Iziaslav Yaroslavich]]}}
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