Council of Isady (1217)

Congress in Isadah - the princely congress in 1217, organized by Gleb and Konstantin Vladimirovich, in order to settle internecine disputes. He ended up killing 6 candidates for the throne of princes.

Background
The internecine struggle in the Grand Principality of Ryazan began after the death of Gleb Rostislavich in the Vladimir prison (1177), when the principality was inherited by his five sons. In the Ryazan principality Chernigov and Vladimir interests intersected.

The Ryazan princes, most actively resisting the spread of Vladimir influence to Ryazan, consisted in dynastic alliances with the leaders of the Chernigov Olgovichi : Roman Glebovich Ryazansky , who tried to subordinate the Princian principality in 1180 , was married to the daughter of Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich of Kiev , and Mikhail Vsevolodovich Pronsky then to Vsevolod's daughter Svyatoslavich Chermny.

In 1207, after limiting the deterioration of relations with Olegovichy , Vsevolod the Big Nest burned Ryazan , fraud [1] captured Roman and Svyatoslav Glebovich, two sons of the latter, as well as Ingvar and George I., then planted in the principality of his deputies. From the subsequent message of the chronicle about the sending by Ryazan to Vladimir of "the rest " of princes with princesses, in particular, Ryzhov K.V. concludes about the capture of Roman Igorevich. Meanwhile, Voitovich L. does not mention the finding Roman Igorevich in captivity.

In 1210, between Vsevolod Chernom and Vsevolod the Big Nest, a peace was concluded, sealed by the marriage of the successor of the latter, Yuri, to the princess of Chernigov. After the death of his father ( 1212 ), Yuri dismissed the princes of Ryazan, and in the Vladimir-Suzdal princedom began an internecine war, where Yuri with the help of Murom wrestled against his brother Constantine , supported by Smolensk princes , and the latter won in 1216. The participation of the Ryazan princes in that conflict is not known, but during the second reignYuri in Vladimir Ingvar Igorevich defended Ryazan against Gleb Vladimirovich with Vladimir help ( 1219 ), and the Ryazan people took part in the military actions of the Vladimir princes together with the Murom ( 1232 ).

The question of the Prince of Ryazan
The opinions of historians about who in the period 1212-1217 occupied the Ryazan throne are different.

In the news of the release of the Ryazan princes from the Vladimir captivity, it is reported about the death of Roman Glebovich : " That same summer Georgi Vsevolodich landed a cellar of the prince of Ryazan and his squad: six years old, Roman and died. Georgi, having bestowed them with gold, and the silver, and the horses and the squad, also give them, having established themselves with them with a cross kiss, let them take him ». Russian historian Tatischev VN believed that Roman Glebovich died in 1216 from a long illness , and this explains the need for a congress in Isad in 1217 . L. Voitovich also maintains the version that Roman Glebovich died in1216 in the Vladimir captivity , but considers (like Ryzhov KV) Ryazan prince in the period 1212-1217 Roman Igorevich , who died at the congress.

As the organizer of the congress, Gleb Vladimirovich is unequivocally called, but his naming of Ryazan's chronicle by itself is not an indication of the table being occupied, but the time and circumstances of Ryazan's loss are then unknown, as it is unknown about the timing and circumstances of Ingvar Igorevich's Ryazan. According to Ryzhov KV, Ingvar became a Ryazan prince in connection with the death of his elder brother Roman Igorevich in Isad.

Congress The congress took place on July 20, 1217, the day of the memory of the Holy Prophet Elijah. The Laurentian Chronicle tells of events under the year of 6725 March, Novgorod's first chronicle - under 6726 ultramartovskim.

At the invitation of the Ryazan princes Gleb and Konstantin Vladimirovich, the princes of Ryazan and Prinsky came to Isady with the boyars near and honorable squads. During the feast in the tents, the vigilantes of Gleb and Konstantin Vladimirovich and their accomplices, the Polovtsians, broke in and killed all the guests.

Victims In Isad, as the chronicle says, villains killed "five brothers, and a six-brother brother of kin."

Victims of punishment were according to the Laurentian Chronicle "Izyaslav, Cyrus Michael, Rostislav, Svyatoslav, Gleb and Roman", Ingvar did not have time to arrive. The same list is present in the Synodal List of the Novgorod First Annals. These were the descendants of Prince Gleb Rostislavich of Ryazan, mostly (or exclusively) his grandchildren - the children of his sons ( Roman , Igor , Vladimir , Vsevolod , Svyatoslav , Yaroslav ), but whose son was each of the victims of the murder - is not clear.

The decoding of patronymics is given according to Tatischev VL :

Izyaslav Vladimirovich is the brother of the murderer Gleb; in other episodes, his patronymic "Volodimirich" is indicated. Mikhail Vsevolodovich - patronymic is not in doubt. Rostislav Svyatoslavich - the father is precisely unknown. F. B. Uspensky suggests that he could be the son of Roman Glebovich - the eldest of grandchildren. Svyatoslav Svyatoslavich - the father is precisely unknown. F.B. Ouspensky doubts the "paternity" of Svyatoslav Glebovich, since then this son would really have worn the patronymic "Svyatoslavich", and in the system of naming the Rurik people there was a taboo to give the son the pagan name of the living father Gleb Igorevich - the father is precisely unknown; they can be any of the Glebovichs (except Vladimir, who already had a son with that name). N. Baumgarten considers him the son of Igor, that is, the brother of Roman and Ingvar .. Roman Igorevich - patronymic "Igorevich" is mentioned in other episodes. The brother of the saved Ingvar. F.B. Uspensky specifies that although Prince Constantine, who agreed to help the organizer of the massacre Gleb Vladimirovich, is called his "brother", it is not necessary that he was his own brother (and son of Vladimir Glebovich), and not cousin. The patronymic of this Constantine in the sources is not indicated.

Consequences
After the death of his relatives, Ingvar Igorevich ascended to the Ryazan throne, who, together with his brother, Yuri, was not at the congress. In 1219 he defeated Gleb and the Polovtsians cited by them, then, having asked for help from the Grand Duke Vladimir of Yuri Vsevolodovich , he broke them again. After losing the fight for Ryazan, Gleb ran to Polovtsy, where he soon died in his right mind.

Constantine 20 years later participated in the struggle for Galic on the side of Rostislav of Chernigov.