Elena Romanovna Explained

Elena Romanovna (uk|Ганна Золотаренко; died 1243) was a Grand Princess of the Kiev by marriage (m. 1210 or 1211) to Michael of Chernigov, Grand Prince of Kiev (r. 1236–1240, 1240, 1241–1243).^[1]

Elena Romanovna (or Maria Romanovna) was a daughter of prince Roman Mstislavich of Halych and his wife, Predslava Rurikovna of Kiev^[2]

Issue

The existence of the last four children in the list below is disputed.^[3]

1. Feodula Mikhailovna (1212 – 1250); became a nun and adopted the religious name Evfrosinia;^[2]
2. Duke Rostislav Mikhailovich of Macsó (b. c. 1225 – 1262);^[2]
3. Maria Mikhailovna (? – 7 or 9 December 1271), wife of Prince Vasilko Konstantinovich of Rostov;^[2]
4. Prince Roman Mikhailovich of Chernigov and Bryansk (c. 1218 – after 1288/1305);^[2]
5. Prince Mstislav Mikhailovich of Karachev and Zvenigorod^[2] (1220 – 1280);
6. Prince Simeon Mikhailovich of Hlukhiv and Novosil;^[2]
7. Prince Yury Mikhailovich of Torusa and Bryansk.^[2]

References

1. Войтович Л. Княжа доба: портрети еліти [1]. — Біла Церква, 2006.
2. Book: Dimnik, Martin . The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246.
3. Nicolas Baumgarten, Généalogies et mariages occidentaux des Rurikides russes du Xe au XIIIe siècle, Orientalia christiana 9, no. 35 (1927): 86-88.