Gleb of Beloozero

{{Short description|Prince of Beloozero from 1238 to 1278}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Gleb Vasilkovich | title = | image = Глеб Василькович и Фёдор Чёрный и княгиня Фёдора.png | caption = Gleb along with [[Fyodor Rostislavich]] and his wife, miniature from the [[Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible]] (16th century) | succession = [[Prince of Beloozero]] | reign = 1238–1278 | predecessor = ''Monarchy established'' | successor = [[Mikhail of Beloozero|Mikhail]] | succession1 = [[Prince of Rostov]] | reign1 = 1277–1278 | predecessor1= [[Boris of Rostov|Boris]] | successor1 = [[Dmitry Borisovich|Dmitry]] | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = 1278 | death_place = | house = [[Rurikids|Rurik]] | father = [[Vasilko Konstantinovich|Vasilko of Rostov]] | mother = [[Maria of Chernigov]] | spouse = | issue = [[Mikhail of Beloozero]] | issue-link = #Family | issue-pipe = more... }}

'''Gleb Vasilkovich''' ({{langx|ru|Глеб Василькович}}; 1237–1278) was [[Prince of Beloozero]] from 1238 and [[Prince of Rostov]] from 1277 until his death in 1278.{{sfn|Feldbrugge|2017|p=1004}}{{sfn|Boguslavsky|Kuksina|2001|p=278}} He was the younger of the two sons of [[Vasilko Konstantinovich]].{{sfn|Feldbrugge|2017|p=1004}}{{sfn|Boguslavsky|Kuksina|2001|p=278}}

==Reign== Gleb was born in 1237.{{sfn|Feldbrugge|2017|p=1004}} He was the younger of the two sons of [[Vasilko Konstantinovich]] and his wife [[Maria of Chernigov]].{{sfn|Boguslavsky|Kuksina|2001|p=278}} His father was killed at the [[battle of Sit River]] in 1238.{{sfn|Boguslavsky|Kuksina|2001|p=278}}

In 1249, Gleb visited [[Sartak Khan]] and following his return, he helped transport the body of [[Vladimir of Uglich|Vladimir Konstantinovich]] from [[Vladimir, Russia|Vladimir]] to his appanage center of [[Uglich]].{{sfn|Boguslavsky|Kuksina|2001|p=278}} He visited his patrimony of [[Principality of Beloozero|Beloozero]] in 1251.{{sfn|Boguslavsky|Kuksina|2001|p=278}} In 1258, together with his elder brother [[Boris of Rostov|Boris]], he hosted [[Alexander Nevsky]] in [[Rostov Veliky|Rostov]].{{sfn|Boguslavsky|Kuksina|2001|p=278}}

In 1277, at the request of the khan [[Mengu-Timur]], Gleb took part in the [[Mongol invasion of Alania|Mongol campaign]] against the [[Alans]] and participated in the conquest of the city of Dedyakov.{{sfn|Boguslavsky|Kuksina|2001|p=278}} His elder brother Boris died during the campaign and Gleb took over the throne of Rostov;{{sfn|Boguslavsky|Kuksina|2001|p=278}} however, he died a year later, and Boris's two eldest sons, [[Dmitry Borisovich|Dmitry]] and [[Konstantin Borisovich|Konstantin]], became the joint rulers of Rostov.{{sfn|Fennell|2014|p=153}}

==Family== In 1257, Gleb married a daughter of [[Sartak Khan]], who after baptism took the name Feodora.{{sfn|Boguslavsky|Kuksina|2001|p=279}} They had three sons: Demyan, [[Mikhail of Beloozero|Mikhail]], and Roman.{{sfn|Boguslavsky|Kuksina|2001|p=279}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== * {{cite Efron|Глеб Василькович}} * {{cite book |last1=Boguslavsky |first1=Vladimir V. |last2=Kuksina |first2=Elena I. |title=Славянская энциклопедия. Киевская Русь — Московия. Т. 1: А–М |date=2001 |publisher=ОЛМА Медиа Групп |location=Moskva |isbn=9785224022502 |pages=279–280 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/kNNEiqIIouwC?hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjf7Ibn2pSQAxXF0AIHHVkbKCwQ7_IDegQIJhAC |language=ru |chapter=Глеб Василькович}} * {{cite book |last1=Feldbrugge |first1=Ferdinand J. M. |title=A History of Russian Law: From Ancient Times to the Council Code (Ulozhenie) of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich of 1649 |date=2 October 2017 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-35214-8 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_Russian_Law/TDI9DwAAQBAJ |language=en}} * {{cite book |last1=Fennell |first1=John |title=The Crisis of Medieval Russia 1200-1304 |date=13 October 2014 |orig-date=1983 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-87314-3 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Crisis_of_Medieval_Russia_1200_1304/h2OuBAAAQBAJ |language=en}}

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