Mariya Mikhailovna of Chernigov (c1211-1271)

Maria Mikhailovna (c1210—9 December 1271) - the princess of Chernigov and the princess of Rostov, daughter of Mikhail Vsevolodovich and Vasilko Konstantinovich of Rostov's wife.

On February 10, 1227, she married Vasilko in Moscow in the Church of the Annunciation. After Vasilko's death on March 4, 1238, in the headquarters, Maria founded in memory of her husband at mile from RostovSavior on the Sand Knyaginin Convent, which included the Dormition Cathedral of Rostov where she was buried in 1271. Maria Mikhailovna was a highly educated for her time and an active woman. Under her leadership, the young princes comprehended the basics of literacy and morality, and the Bishop of Rostov Cyril, acted as a spiritual mentor. The princess and Cyril were the organizers of the Rostov chronicle. D.S. Likhachev noted that the Rostov chronicles were not of a narrow nature, but raised great social issues of that time, giving them a religious and moral tint.

Sons: Boris Vasilkovich of Rostov (1231-1277), Prince of Rostov Gleb Vasilkovich of Belozero (1237-1278), prince of Belozero