Fyodor Rostislavich Chyornyi (1233-1299)

Fyodor Rostislavich nicknamed Fyodor the Black (c1230-1298) (Феодор Ростиславич Черный) was a ruler of Smolensk and Yaroslavl.

His father Prince Rostislav Mstislavich of Smolensk died in 1240. Fyodor was Prince of Mozhaysk from his youth. In 1260 he married Maria Vasilievna, daughter of Prince Vasili of Yaroslavl.

Fyodor then also became prince of Yaroslavl. Maria soon died, and their son Mikhail was raised by his grandmother, princess Xenia. Fyodor himself went to Sarai, the capital of the Golden Horde. He married the daughter of the Khan Mengu-Timur. She was baptized and received the name Anna. Theodore and Anna had two sons, David and Constantine. In 1290 when he learnt that his first son Michael was dead, Theodore returned to Yaroslavl.

In alliance with the Mongols, he was a prominent figure of the politics in middle Russia.

He was canonized by the Russian orthodox church