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Prince Igor Svyatoslavich the Brave (Old East Slavic: Игорь Святъславичь, ''Igorĭ Svjatŭslavičĭ''; (ロシア語: Игорь Святославич), ''Igor Svyatoslavich''; (ウクライナ語: Ігор Святославич), ''Ihor Svyatoslavych''; Old Norse: ''Ingvar'') (Novhorod-Siverskyi, April 3 / 10, 1151 – the spring of 1201〔 / December 29, 1202〔)〔A number of historians claim Igor died in 1202; he most probably died in the spring of 1201, because most chronicles place the news of his death as the first entry for the year; ''Dimnik, Martin op. cit p. 237.''〕 was a Rus’ prince (a member of the Rurik dynasty).〔 His baptismal name was Yury.〔 Igor was prince of Putivl (1164–1180), of Novgorod-Seversk (1180–1198), and of Chernigov (1198–1201/1202〔).〔 Chronicle evidence reveals that he had an enviably successful military career; he led many campaigns against the Cumans from among which the chronicles report only one defeat.〔 But it was his defeat at the river Kayala (the exact location of which has never been definitively established) that has become immortalized through its literary rendering in ''“The Lay of Igor’s Campaign”'', the most celebrated epic of Rus’.〔 During his reign Novgorod Severskiy (today ''Novhorod-Siverskyi'' in Ukraine) enjoyed the status of the second most powerful town in the Chernihiv land.〔 Basing their observations on archaeological evidence, a number of investigators proposed that Igor built the Cathedral of St. Savior in the Monastery of the Transfiguration outside of the town.〔〔Investigators point out that there is no trustworthy evidence for ascertaining the date on which the cathedral was built; ''Dimnik, Martin op. cit. p. 239.''〕 It has also been suggested that he founded the stone church in Putivl.〔 To judge from circumstantial evidence, Igor’s reign in Chernihiv (modern Ukraine) was uneventful.〔 He continued the family chronicle that his father and brother had commissioned.〔 ==His early life== He was the elder son of Svyatoslav Olegovich, by his second wife, the Novgorodian Catherine.〔 By giving the child the baptismal name of Yury, Svyatoslav Olgovich acknowledged his friendship with prince Yury Vladimirovich of Suzdal.〔 In choosing Igor for the boy’s princely name, he testified to the close bond that had existed between him and his deceased brother.〔 His father died on February 15, 1164; Igor's half-brother, Oleg Svyatoslavich took over the control of Novgorod Severskiy and probably gave Putivl to Igor.〔 Before 1170, Igor married a daughter of prince Yaroslav Volodimerovich Osmomysl of Halych.〔 Around June 1171, the Cumans renewed their raids along the Ros River and they attacked towns belonging to the Olgovichi (the ruling dynasty of Chernigov).〔 Igor led a campaign against the invaders on June 29.〔 After crossing the river Vorskla, he learnt that Khans Kobyak and Konchak were devastating districts around Pereyaslavl (now ''Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi'' in Ukraine); he crossed back over the river and rode to confront the raiders.〔 On July 20, his ''druzhina'' killed many of the nomads and took others captive.〔 While returning from his victory, Igor visited the shrine of SS. Boris and Gleb in Vyshgorod (today ''Vyshhorod'' in Ukraine) to celebrate their feast. There he met with Roman I Rostislavich of Kiev (his brother-in-law) and his brothers on July 25.〔 Their meeting was political in nature in that Igor would have pledged allegiance to the new ruler of Kiev.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Igor Svyatoslavich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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